Hourglass

[pose the problem as being about the world, not the study of the world]

“There is no better high than discovery.” ― Edward O. Wilson

“You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.” ― Edward Abbey

“Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers, things standing shall fall, but the moving ever shall stay.” ― Basava

"Criticism is only of value in so far as it trains your observation so that it can eventually be turned on yourself. That is the purpose of criticism. I used to criticize everyone and everything; but afterwards I turned that criticism upon myself to see if that which I criticized outside myself remained in my own heart and mind. The moment I turned that light of criticism upon myself…

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