Friday, May 01, 2009

Why are we bored?


The fool confuses familiarity with knowledge,
and wonders at life's banality.
The wise knows the difference
and is caught up in wonder!

2 comments:

  1. nice quote, is it yours ?

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  2. Yes, the quote is original to me, though I doubt that the notion it seeks to give voice to is. As an ancient sage once observed, "There is nothing new under the sun" (Ecc 1:9).

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