To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.
Interpretation
Thinking critically and following wise advice are intertwined actions.
Herodotus suggests that true wisdom lies not only in the ability to think critically and evaluate ideas but also in the willingness to accept and follow sound advice. This interconnectedness implies that recognizing good counsel reflects a deep understanding and appreciation for wise judgment, making obedience to it a logical reflection of one's own capacity for thought.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a discussion on the importance of mentoring in leadership roles.
The Scythians take kannabis seed, creep in under the felts, and throw it on the red-hot stones. It smolders and sends up such billows of steam-smoke that no Greek vapor bath can surpass it. The Scythians howl with joy in these vapor-baths, which serve them instead of bathing, for they never wash their bodies with water.
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.
By your own folly you will be brought as low as your worst enemy wishes.
There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.
The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
People sometimes imagine that just because they have access to so many newspapers, radio and TV channels, they will get an infinity of different opinions. Then they discover that things are just the opposite: the power of these loudspeakers only amplifies the opinion prevalent at a certain time, to the point where it covers any other opinion.
One thing you will discover is that life is based less than you think on what youβve learned and much more than you think on what you have inside you from the beginning." Memoir From Antproof Case
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