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What is the wisest quote on earth? In my opinion it is the stone at Delphi, "Know thy self." The Buddhists and Taoists might agree. Even Jesus quoted this in his speech.

Without knowing the self how can one know anything? Descartes didn't prove the other, just that there are thoughts. Hume and Kant would have no foundation. And Nietzsche would be sane.

Buddha says only through mastering yourself can you master anything and Lao Tzu said, "knowing the self is enlightenment."

If you don't know yourself is there anything you can learn beyond literal examples? Or can you know that you know anything? If so, how?

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@Osibos,

"keep curtain inside tub while showering"

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Buddha was asked, “What have you gained from meditation?” He replied, “Nothing!” However, Buddha said, "let me tell you what I lost:Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Insecurity, Fear of Old, Age and Death.”

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@Osibos,

Mind the gap!

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@Ragman,

NOT A COUGH IN A CARLOAD!!!

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@Osibos,

Actually knowing the self would render us mad and suicidal...
...so I am going to stick with "mind the gap".

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Rules are for those not smart enough to make up their own.
A man's got to know his own limitations.

- Lt. Callahan
AKA Dirty Harry

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Willie Shakespearo.

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@eurocelticyankee,

Tell me about it.

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I don't have one. But I like to get inspiration by reading different quotes:
https://blog.varietyfun.com/motivational-quotes-about-friendship-love-success

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His R's tends to blow off during the Winter months. Peter Cook.

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@RendyB,

I used to have a copy of the little zen companion book. Lots of maxims mostly, and a koan or two, although some of the maxims are koan references.

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@Osibos,

two jumper cables walked into abar: Bartender sez,"
" OK , Ill serve you. Just dont go starting anything"-- Stephen King

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@Osibos,

Osibos wrote:

Tell me about it.

Michael, in The Good Place"

Michael: I got to ride a bike. I put a coin in a thing and got a gumball. And then someone came up to me and said, "hot enough for ya?", and you know what I said? I said, "tell me about it!"

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

two jumper cables walked into abar: Bartender sez,"
" OK , Ill serve you. Just dont go starting anything"-- Stephen King

The following is from Steve's "The Tommyknockers"
I love it because the character just woke up from a blackout drunk and is having the worst hangover in the cosmos.
I can so feel this. I laughed to hard I cried.

But there was no Bobbi to wake up. The phone rang, that was all. Rang . . . and rang . . . and rang.

"Your party doesn't answer," the operator told him, just in case he was deaf or had maybe forgotten what he was doing for a few seconds and had been holding the phone against his asshole instead of his ear.

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