#know

Although I know it's unfair I reveal myself one mask at a time. ↗

You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#always #breath #character #character actors #come

For of course some sort of general idea they must have, if they were to do their work intelligently-though as little of one, if they were to be good and happy members of society, as possible. For particulars, as every one knows, makes for virtues and happiness;generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers, but fret-sawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#knowledge #intelligence

While technical knowledge is useful, it is only a small part of a true master's brilliance. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#intelligence #knowledge #intelligence

Everybody who flashed the signs of loyalty he took to be loyal. Everybody who flashed the signs of intelligence he took to be intelligent. And so he had failed to see into his daughter, failed to see into his wife, failed to see into his one and only mistress—probably had never even begun to see into himself ↗

— Philip Roth

#intelligence #know-thyself #loyalty #social-intelligence #intelligence

A mind is a simulation that simulates itself. ↗

— Erol Ozan

#brain #computer #computers #computing #consciousness

The strength of one's opinion should not exceed their knowledge on the matter. ↗

— Eric Hirzel

#close-mindedness #intelligence #knowledge #open-mindedness #opinions

Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life. ↗

— David Baldacci

#knowledge #understanding #life

Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective. ↗