One favorite QUOTE : "THE PROBLEM WITH THE WORLD is that intelligent people are full of doubts . . And foolish ones are full of confidence " (BUKOWSKI)
Ain't that the truth, LOL!
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How to turn a problem into an opportunity: begin to view 'doubt' positively as synonymous with 'scrutiny,' 'skepticism' and 'deliberation,' while negatively associating confidence as akin to 'hubris,' 'arrogance' and 'obliviousness.'
I thought that quote was from Bertrand Russell.
Bukowski was a genius. In his later years he complained about people he didn't know showing up at his place with beer or liqueur expecting him, as an old man, to sit around and get drunk with them and tell stories. When, and if, he answered the door he apparently wasn't very pleasant. Personally, I think anyone who believes a well known, old man, poet is going to drink with a stranger just because said person read his work is deluded.
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
W. B. Yeats,
beat me to it. bukowski paraphrased but much less eloquently.
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