Ideas, unlike solid structures, do not perish. They remain immortal, immaterial and everywhere, like all Divine things. Ideas are a golden, savage landscape that we wander unaware, without a map. Be careful: in the last analysis, reality may be exactly what we think it is.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ideas survive forever and shape our reality like a landscape we navigate.
- In plain terms
- Ideas last forever and form the world we live in.
- What can you take from it?
- Handle ideas carefully as they build reality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What idea will outlive you?
- Who maps your mental landscape?
Another view
Material infrastructure often limits what ideas can become.
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