I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~ Pablo Picasso

Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers. — Socrates

O Drop

by Rumi (1207–1273)

Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret,

and in exchange gain the Ocean.

Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor,

and in the arms of the Sea be secure.

Who indeed should be so fortunate?

An Ocean wooing a drop!

In God’s name, in God’s name, sell and buy at once!

Give a drop, and take this Sea full of pearls.