You Must Be Open to Wisdom

A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man’s wisdom even if he associates
with a sage. – Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama)

I don’t want to comment too much on this one, other than to say you must be open to learning and change, otherwise . . . .

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