“Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.”
Richard Feynman (1918–1988) American theoretical physicist
letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
“Absorb what is said as you read but endeavor not to hold on to it or think about it. Read in the moment and each step will take you closer to complete self-knowledge.”
Knowing Yourself: The True in the False (1996)
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