The mind itself is the medium of all knowledge, and the quality of that knowledge depends upon the quality of the mind. A dull mind will produce dull knowledge; a penetrating mind will penetrate to the heart of things.
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The human mind is like a flashlight in the dark. It illuminates a small circle of the world around us, but beyond that circle lies an infinite darkness that we can never fully penetrate.
Bertrand Russell — The Problems of Philosophy
The mind of a thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bazaar overcrowded with cheap wares, all of them perhaps useful or insignificant, jostling against each other and preventing the customer from getting what he really needs.
Aldous Huxley — On the Margin: Notes and Essays