"We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely."
–– Edward O. Wilson (1929-2021), American biologist, naturalist, and writer
via: Commonplace Book 2024, 2025, p. 63.
"Whoever has no notebook in their sleeve will not establish wisdom in their heart."
–– Arabic proverb
Source: Roland Allen. The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper. Windsor, Ontario: Biblioasis, 2024 (2023); p. 217.
via: Sketchbook N 14, 2024, p. 38.
"Of all the reasons for being an artist, there is one that outweighs all others: Art offers a path to our souls.
"But the path isn't direct. There are no shortcuts. The road is confusing, and seemingly getting lost along the way is inevitable.
"However, perhaps that is the point. After all, if it were simply a matter of going from A to B as the crow flies, how much would we learn along the way? In order to gather wisdom, we are obliged to stumblebum, our search careening us against the periphery of our comfort and comprehension."
–– Nick Bantock (b. 1949), British author and artist based in Canada
Source: Nick Bantock. The Trickster's Hat: A Mischievous Apprenticeship in Creativity. New York: A Perigree Book (Penguin Group), 2014; p. 4.
via: Commonplace Book, 2013-2014, 2014, p. 101.
"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common."
–– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American philosopher and writer
via: Sketchbook N 14, 2004, p. 24.
"There's more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy."
–– Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German poet and philosopher
"Wisdom consists in doing the next thing you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing it."
–– Meister Eckhart (1260-1328), German Catholic theologian, philosopher, and mystic
via: Day In & Day Out Notebook, 2018, p. 33.
