This intriguing 'somewhere else, ' where intelligence no longer matters and awareness melts away, commands us to cherish our remains of innocence -- because of all the characteristics of human nature, the richest by far is passion for the perfectly useless.

Hans W. Silvester
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A quote by Arthur Schopenhauer about the vanity of human knowledge. As in all other aspects of life, it is the desire to know that drives us forward, which makes each discovery in science or art an achievement in itself.

Source: Into The Wind: The Art Of The Kite

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