"In Russian folklore there is an archetype called yurodivy, or the "Holy Fool." The Holy Fool is a social misfit –– eccentric, off-putting, sometimes even crazy –– who nonetheless has access to the truth. Nonetheless is actually the wrong word. The Holy Fool is a truth-teller because he is an outcast. Those who are not part of existing social hierarchies are free to blurt out inconvenient truths or question things the rest of us take for granted."
–– Malcolm Gladwell (b. 1963), British-born, Canadian author, journalist, public speaker and podcaster.
Source: Malcolm Gladwell. Talking to Strangers. New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2019, p. 98-99.
via Book of Commonplace 2020-present, p. 72
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