We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
Marie Von Ebner-EschenbachRead
Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.
Interpretation
True understanding goes beyond mere explanations; it involves deeper insights and intuition.
This quote emphasizes the limitation of knowledge that is solely based on what can be explicitly articulated. It encourages individuals to seek deeper understanding and to embrace the complexities of life that may not be easily explained, advocating for a broader perspective that includes intuition and experience.
In practice
In a lecture about critical thinking, this quote could illustrate the importance of deep comprehension over simple memorization.
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servantsβ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.
Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.
In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.
Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.
There is only one proof of ability - action.
If any successes has come to me, it came because I insisted on thinking things through. That's all I was capable of doing in life, was thinking pretty hard about trying to get the right answer, and then acting on it. I never learned to do anything else.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
The height of foolishness is to discard an opportunity without full investigation
You have to live spherically - in many directions. Never lose your childish enthusiasm - and things will come your way.
Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires - disruptions in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way.
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