Friedrich NietzscheKnowledge kills action action requires the veils of illusion.
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We know what we do not know. We do not know how to fly a plane, build a house or turn off a faucet. In fact, we don’t even know most of the things we have been told about. But we have been told so many things about what things are good for us, good to us and bad for us, that we end up believing ourselves to be ignorant.
That’s a dangerous thing because it makes us believe that we can’t do anything right or that we don’t do anything right. Not knowing what to do is a very sad place to be
Source: The Birth Of Tragedy
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