

“…so the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”William James · Quote T-Shirt
Something broke this year. You fixed what you could, kept going, and finally stopped replaying it.
Knowing what to drop is a skill. James called it wisdom.
The seam is kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold so the break shows.
Wear it once you've let it go.
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“…so the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”William James · Quote T-Shirt
Something broke this year. You fixed what you could, kept going, and finally stopped replaying it.
Knowing what to drop is a skill. James called it wisdom.
The seam is kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold so the break shows.
Wear it once you've let it go.
Same line, also on
Where this line came from.
William James, The Principles of Psychology, Vol. II, Chapter XXII, "Reasoning," 1890.
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