"You're studying mythology? ...Oh *cosmotology.* That's fun." --woman in a cafe, santa fe
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The Delphic oracle lauded Socrates because he knew that he did not know. But it was equally important that he wanted to know. Desperately.
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A prerequisite to learning is the desire to learn. One can no more be forced to learn than one can be forced to love. Teaching is seduction.
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Ignorance, like inertia, is a default state; it neither entertains nor rewards. Learning is acceleration caused by the motive force of love.
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Those who remain ignorant have never felt the thrill of falling head-over-heels in love with a tantalizingly subtle idea.
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