Foolish men only learn from their own experiences. Wise men learn from other people’s experiences.~Proverb
Hi, my name is Samara! This blog has one main mission; to learn from the experience of others and also to inspire you through the wisdom of the past. Let’s see if we can at least touch the surface of the thinking behind some great minds and the feeling behind great hearts. Don’t be afraid to pose your own thoughts or feelings on some of the quotes in the blog posts- this is all about interpretations!
“Knowledge is Power”
I have thousands of favorite quotes, mostly from books, and I can never choose which I like the best. If you have a favorite quote feel free to e-mail me (ahmadsasha324@gmail.com). As I said, I love quotes and am always looking for inspiration to write about!
“Virtue can only flourish among equals” Mary Wollstonecraft Brief Background on Wollstonecraft: Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and women’s rights activist. Although she is best known for her groundbreaking work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (from which this quote is taken), she also authored several other works including A Vindication …
“Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time” Albert Camus Brief background on Camus: Albert Camus was an essayist, philosopher (although he denied it), novelist, and playwright, among other things. He is perhaps best …
“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” -Nathaniel Hawthorne The ultimate wish for most people is to find happiness in life. We spend our lives searching for this elusive, shadowy concept, never completely sure what it is …
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” -Leo Burnett About 200 years ago, who would’ve ever thought that flying machines (airplanes) would exist? How would you describe the invention of airplanes? I call it creative. Humans have come up with a lot of creative …
“I love the stars to fondly, to be fearful of the night.” -Sarah Williams Have you ever noticed how obsessed we humans sometimes are about the stars? I mean, people talk all the time about finding inspiration from them. But, there is something rather calming about them. And so, I’m choosing a rather famous star …
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” -Daniel Boorstin/Stephen Hawking This is certainly interesting to think about! Intuitively, ignorance seems to be the “enemy” of knowledge. The word ignorance itself is literally defined as a lack of knowledge! If you stop to think about it though, ignorance itself …
