“For modern people the pursuit of wisdom sounds like something you'd have to travel to Tibet for. To us, wisdom is mystical and esoteric. It conjures up images of cave-dwelling hermits, saffron-robed monks, and, well, Yoda.”
J. Mark Bertrand
Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in This World
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