Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not.
—Isaiah Berlin
Topics: Curiosity
Lenin could listen so intently that he exhausted the speaker.
—Isaiah Berlin
Topics: Listening
To understand is to perceive patterns.
—Isaiah Berlin
Topics: Understanding
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