There seems to be an important relationship between language and thought: I often speak—or write, as I am doing right now—to define or refine my thinking on a particular topic, and language is the scaffolding by which I arrive at my more subtle or syncretic thoughts.
— Neel Burton Hypersanity: Thinking Beyond Thinking
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The problem with studying is that it gets in the way of education.
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Wonder begets culture, which begets yet more wonder, and the end of wonder is wisdom, which is the state of perpetual wonder.
— Neel Burton Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions
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The highest purpose of education is to unlearn what we once took for granted, to replace certainty with subtlety, prejudice with compassion, and destiny with possibility.
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Music is the school and the hospital of the emotions.
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The best books are those that tell you what you already know, but didn't know that you knew.
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