True curiosity is an open wonderment at what something is and how it works without emotional attachment to the outcome of observation and experiment. It is only when we cede emotional attachment that we can be truly free from judgment, for all judgment is feeling — usually some species of fear — masquerading as thought. And when we judge, we cannot understand.
Author: Maria Popova
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Intelligence | Knowledge, Personal Improvement
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Intelligence | Knowledge, Personal Improvement
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