The love of knowledge is a kind of madness”
– C.S. Lewis
Epigraph
Self Improvement
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. – Aldous Huxley
That Speck Of Dust
“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
— Paulo Coelho
Jump
He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand by and watch.
– Jean-Luc Godard.
For Good Measure
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
– Albert Einstein
Simplicity
It is no bad thing to
celebrate a simple life.
– J.R.R. Tolkien
At Ease
Being at ease with himself put him at ease with the world – John Steinbeck
Contradictory
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.”
– Walt Whitman
It Never Ends
“Education isn’t something you can finish”
– Isaac Asimov
The Wisdom of Solomon
“I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.”
- Ecclesiastes 1:13
Soma
“People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.”
— Aldous Huxley
Huxley’s words from 1932 are truer now than when he wrote it. His novel Brave New World deserves a re-read.
Curiosity Over Intelligence
”Intellectuals pride themselves on their intelligence but they’d be more intelligent if they prided themselves on their curiosity.” – Gurwinder