"Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and tea...

One can pass on knowledge but not wisdom. One can find wisdom, one can live it, one can be supported by it, one can work wonders with it, but one cannot speak it or teach it.
~ Hermann Hesse ~












One can pass on knowledge but not wisdom. One can find wisdom, one can live it, one can be supported...
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