Neil GaimanShe said we all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable.
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The three kinds of lies we tell ourselves: Recognizing that we know everything is a lie. When we say we know everything, we're really saying that we only know the parts of the things we want to believe. We never know everything. Recognizing that we don't understand everything is another lie.
If the problems in our lives are deep and complicated, if there’s so much going on in our lives that we can’t even begin to understand it all, then this isn't a lie at all. I can't tell you about every single emotion that's ever happened to me, but I can tell you about all three of those emotions and you can look at them and say, “I could never feel that way and I don't want to feel that way.” The third kind of lie is telling ourselves that we aren't as smart as everyone else. This is a lie because everyone has ability, everyone has knowledge, everyone has information, everyone has insight.
It’s not possible to ever know it all or be as smart as everybody else, but it’s still a great thing not to tell ourselves this.
Source: Brief Lives
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