Wisdom

I have always been slightly amused when people quote books or people in a normal conversation. It reminds me of my school days when we were encouraged to include quotes from famous people in our essays as it would fetch us more marks. I've never really been able to function like that. This is why I burst out laughing when I read the following paragraph in Kahlil Gibran's "The Voice of the Master" about wisdom -

"Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them-but do not make a show of reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books."