Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.
Interpretation
The speaker acknowledges the complexity of the talk, attributing it to wisdom due to its incomprehensibility.
This quote reflects the idea that true wisdom may often be difficult to understand or grasp fully. The speaker humorously suggests that the profound nature of the discussion is indicative of its wisdom, as it overwhelms with complexity rather than clarity. It highlights the paradox that sometimes, what is deemed wise is not easily interpretable, inviting a deeper reflection on the nature of knowledge and understanding.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a discussion on the nature of wisdom at a philosophical gathering.
After a time," said old Mathers disregarding me, "I mercifully perceived the errors of my ways and the unhappy destination I would reach unless I mended them. I retired from the world in order to try to comprehend it and to find out why it becomes more unsavoury as the years accumulate on a man's body. What do you think I discovered at the end of my meditations?" I felt pleased again. He was now questioning me. "What?" "That No is a better word than Yes," he replied.
When things go wrong and will not come right, Though you do the best you can, When life looks black as the hour of night, A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.
Past humanity is not only implicit in each new man born but is contained in him. Humanity is an ever-widening spiral and life is the beam that plays briefly on each succeeding ring. All humanity from its beginning to its end is already present but the beam has not yet played beyond you.
I saw that my witticism was unperceived and quietly replaced it in the treasury of my mind.
The continual cracking of your feet on the road makes a certain quantity of road come up into you. When a man dies they say he returns to clay but too much walking fills you up with clay far sooner (or buries bits of you along the road) and brings your death half-way to meet you. It is not easy to know what is the best way to move yourself from one place to another.
Strange enlightenments are vouchsafed to those who seek the higher places.
If you enjoy your journey as a writer, you will never find it difficult to write.
Better slip with foot than tongue.
It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth; forty-nine times out of fifty nobody dares to call it, and you roll in the chips.
As all of us are only too aware, the loud and frantic voices of the outer world easily drown out the small, still loving voice within.
Part of my preparation for the World Champion match against Kasparov was to be ready for his off-board tactics. I did not to react to them at all. Once you start thinking about these things during the game, even analysing them, you're caught.
Meditation is not an escape. Meditation is the acceptance of life in its totality, with a view to transforming it for the highest manifestation of the divine Truth here on earth
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