Quote by Octavio Paz
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. – Octavio Paz

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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. – Octavio Paz

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Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an employee of Mammon. – Octavio Paz

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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. – Octavio Paz

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Kindness is wisdom. – Philip James Bailey

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Its not what you look at that matters, its what you see. – Henry David Thoreau

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In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance. – Theodore Dreiser

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Change before you have to. – Jack Welch

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