What does a fish know about the water in which it swims all its life?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- We often fail to notice the environment we inhabit constantly.
- In plain terms
- You might not notice the water you swim in.
- What can you take from it?
- Question your assumed environment.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you take for granted?
Another view
Some aspects of an environment are impossible to observe from within.
More from Albert Einstein
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
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