If there’s one thing life grants us for which we should thank the gods, besides thanking them for life itself, it’s the gift of not knowing: of not knowing ourselves and of not knowing each other.
– Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet (trans. R. Zenith)
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Complete understanding kills activity: indeed if it is directed inwards on the faculty of understanding, it kills itself. If one is fully aware of what is involved in moving a limb, one can no longer move it. But full awareness is impossible, so activity remains possible.
– Nietzsche