How to Journal like A Wise Wizard (Aphoristic Philosophy)

[@ParkerNotes]

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[@johnnyjet3.1412]

The wide world is all about you; you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out LOTR p. 82

[@johnnyjet3.1412]

The Tao of Pooh.

[@MasnaviJalal]

Make a video on Islamic Philosophy.... Please

[@bluemage67]

As someone that wrestles with a spotty memory when it comes to books and what they contain, an aphorism I've come to love is this: 'I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.' -Ralph Waldo Emerson

[@Tekyng_of_Baregan]

I love that quote. I probably won't remember it, but I think it will help make me:)

[@chrisbolland5634]

First heard that on Vsauce funnily enough.

[@RoundSeal]

🧙‍♂️ I don't know if it would be called an aphorism, but something I often tell myself is 'I don't need to know the name of a bird to understand that its song is beautiful'.

[@ParkerNotes]

I love that! Really really good!

[@kikiwylde]

I think I'll repeat this to myself each time I get frustrated at my lack of knowledge re: classical music. Thank you

[@RoundSeal]

@@ArtemisWithTheSilverBow I've not heard of this book.

[@AShatwellMSN]

Seems more like a proverb. 🤷‍♀️

[@gelflingfay]

​@@ArtemisWithTheSilverBowMany people can come up with the same thing and not have been exposed to the other. One name for it is called "Multiple tiple Discovery." The thought is poinent and simple.

[@d34th0f7hep4rty]

We have some burnout aphoristic(ish) sayings at work that my coworker and I like to say. My favorite is "We're not here because we are good at our job we're here because we showed up."

[@teddywilliams4112]

🧙‍♂️“The burned hand teaches best. After that advice about fire goes to the heart.” - Gandalf to Pippin after the palantir incident

[@DannySabraArt]

Here’s one from Samwise Gamgee: “It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.” And one from Gandalf that stuck out to me: “Yet oft in lies, truth is hidden.” 😮🤯

[@flamingopink1213]

Yogi Berra had some aphorisms that I thought were light and humorous - "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." Keep the content coming. I love it!

[@elliotnemeth]

That’s hilarious 😂😂

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

"It's deja vu all over again!"

[@Kio_Kurashi]

I prefer the alternative wording: "The difference between theory and practice is much smaller in theory than it is in practice."

[@oz_jones]

Yogi Bear?

[@leonofdragonstone1250]

As a chronic tabletop dungeon master I've learned that a common saying of mine is- in fact- an aphorism. Rule of rules; 1.there are immutable and unbendable rules that everyone must follow 2. There is an exception to every rule

[@vetonrecica5558]

When a well built guy with a giant moustache says "Super duper dangerous" with full seriousness, you'd be stupid NOT to listen to him!

[@ParkerNotes]

😅😅🤝🙌🫡

[@KT-dj4iy]

Yeah, especially when he opens his video with an _aphorate_ (number of utterances of "aphorism" or "aphorisms") of 10.67/minute.

[@potat8089]

🧙‍♂️"those who would benefit the most from an idea are often the most resistant to it" -me, just now. Good video man!

[@asimog9790]

I started a commonplace book when your first video about them popped up on my feed in October-ish 2023, and today I added some quotes from this video (and from you specifically!) to said commonplace book! Just a fun "circle of life" moment

[@StarlasAiko]

"Even small men can cast a large shadow" Tyrion Lanister “Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is. And you must bend to its power or live a lie." Miyamoto Musashi "Never trust a statistic you didn't fake yourself." My father. "You're not punished for the crime, you are punished for getting caught." My high school sociology teacher "Never disrespect the uniform, but don't hesitate to disrespect the thug wearing it." A friend of my family (a cop in internal investigations)

[@kellycrowson9855]

I think you father and mine could have been friends

[@syluskipping2442]

🧙‍♂️ Here's one from construction "Crap slow, wipe gently. No one here is driving a Bentley."

[@sheenamac2382]

These remind me of the many sayings I repeat and now have as call and response to finish with my kids about things I think they need to like know for life. One for example is “It’s easier to Stay Warm, then get Warm.” They aren’t deep as Gandalf is dishing out, but maybe I should be writing some of them out for future reflection.

[@CodytheKing-1]

yep i'd be running

[@Lokster71]

The 'break a thing to study a thing' always reminds me of - "Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it." - E. B. White (I've seen it attributed to other people too and in a pithier form.) "No one is interested and the frog dies."

[@nameetharish]

While I enjoyed your readings from Lichtenburg, Pascal, La Rochefoucauld, and Cioran, I was most excited to hear your own aphorisms. I watched till the end just for that. While philosophers may be in their own class, the way of deep thought doesn't belong to any one class. Parker, you're making deep thinking accessible for people who would never dare dream they can be philosophical. Sharing your own writings, in some ways, was the most sage-like part of your video. Great stuff man.

[@ParkerNotes]

This is a huge encouragement! Thanks so much. I was hesitant to share mine but now I'm glad I did. Thanks!

[@nameetharish]

@ParkerNotes Ah dude, glad to hear it encouraged you! Your video made me want to write and share aphorisms. Naturally a scolding voice came saying, "who are you to do that?". Then I remembered these words by Malcolm Guite. I think these words are a great humble reminder that we're not the inventors of truth, but we are choosers of the words we use to tell of truth. I hope they encourage you too. "Lord may I not so much find the right words as allow the right words to find me, not so much compose as allow you to compose me. And when the words come, Lord, help me to welcome them, to listen for their wisdom and to cherish and care for them."... " Let me learn from the wisdom of every word I use, for every word that comes to me is older and wiser than I am." (A Liturgy Before Writing)

[@jsmxwll]

the practice of forming aphorisms, much like the practice of creating within many constrained forms, develops skill in both concentrating an idea into a concise point and on the act of producing something. i have often fallen into taking notes and gathering information for the joy of doing so but never using it for anything. never producing anything. i started writing one sentence stories because a friend got me into a 30 days of flash fiction thing on twitter back around 2010. that really taught me how much i could learn through those types of activities. maybe it would be fun and a good learning experience to setup something like "an aphorism a day challenge" on bluesky or something like that. then do a review video of ones that really hit for you or the community. it'd be a chance for opt-in learning and community engagement.

[@ParkerNotes]

This is a fantastic idea!! Thank you!!

[@kahlylroberson2067]

“The measure of a man isn’t his failures, but the ideals which he strives for.” I wrote this for a youth leaving my workplace as a step down facility for those in juvie.

[@brxtndog]

I think tough times are probably the best for forming (sometimes undesired) wisdom. After one particularly trying episode, this aphorism came to mind: hearts are muscles because they get stronger by healing each time it tears 🧙‍♂️

[@peaceofpaperbindery]

Po needs to keep a journal of aphorisms in Kung Fu Panda 4 🤣🐼🧙🏼‍♀️

[@ParkerNotes]

Haha okay I actually do have a bunch of Kung Fu Panda quotes in my pocket proverbs commonplace book 😅😅😅

[@sinbad66]

Thanks!

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🙌 thank you!

[@Vatsugify]

Two videos in less than 24 hours? You spoil us :) Keep up the good work.

[@ParkerNotes]

Haha I gotta strike while the iron's hot and I have the time and motivation 😅

[@Vatsugify]

@ParkerNotes Glad you did. Great video!

[@austinrucker3853]

At 8:51 you mention Gandolf and his aphorism about dissection of something kills it. Tolkien is more likely referring to the state of English studies and the rise of the "New Criticism" of I.A. Richards. Because that is effectively what the new criticism was; a dissection of the text. Sectioning off the Author, the work, and the reader into individual parts, instead of taking a work of literature as a whole.

[@totally.not.a.vampire]

I feel like my current journaling style is more like a Pippin style than a Gandalf style lmao. Inconsistent, random, colorful, emotional, blunt, funny and chaotic with a weirdly large amount of food descriptions. Bunch of happy ping pong brain entries, then suddenly a sad and wise entry but the entry after that has a printed meme on it. Yesterday I wrote that I saw a fat dog roll around in the snow on my way to school but didn't stop to write about my worsening work ethic and the massive conflict I'm trying to solve

[@kellycrowson9855]

Same here. Who wants to write about worsening work ethic when there is a fat dog rolling around in the snow.

[@once.upon.a.time.]

That's what I like to write about too 😊 Sometimes it's nice to get the heavy stuff out on paper but other times it's just too much, perhaps better spoken aloud when one is alone or something. I value whimsy and silliness in my life so when I write about it it helps me train myself to look for it.

[@kyphos4181]

I don't know if this counts as an aphorism but as a med student this phrase really resonates with me. "Heal sometimes, treat often, comfort always" It's atributed to Hipocrates of course

[@thomashager1424]

The Notebooks of Lazarus Long in Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love" are full of aphorisms. One of the few I came up with: "Most people are guilty of the behaviors they complain about the most."

[@ParkerNotes]

Nice one! And thanks, is it worth reading for someone who hated Stranger In a Stranger Land?

[@thomashager1424]

@ParkerNotes I'm reading "Stranger..." now. So far, I'm not impressed; it's reading like many of his early conspiracy/secret society stories: "Gulf," "Revolt in 2100,"...

[@thomashager1424]

@@ParkerNotes Sorry, I misread your reply. "Time Enough for Love" is a very different novel than Heinlein's earlier works, slower paced and more philosophical. It's basically the story of an old man (Lazarus Long) reminiscing about his life: what he did and the lessons he learned. If nothing else, just read the chapters titled "The Notebooks of Lazarus Long." That's where the aphorisms are.

[@JournalingwithSteve]

No matter how far you push the envelope; it’s still stationary.

[@hexwolfi]

*groan*

[@EricM-112]

Stationary is the medium that our thoughts can be made tangible

[@zubbworks]

At first I was like, "That's stupid." I'd push it real far. But then I got it. Ha.

[@JournalingwithSteve]

@@zubbworks that’s hysterical man!

[@artemisialefay2232]

I think that another benefit of the aphorism being memorable and witty is that it makes the knowledge more accessible!

[@ParkerNotes]

@@artemisialefay2232 100% it sticks in there more like a good joke

[@donssoapbox6965]

Just saw the mustache and the ADCC shirt. Knew i was at the right place.

[@ParkerNotes]

Haha let's go 🤝

[@giuarmours]

The pen is mightier than the sword only when the sword obeys the pen

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌

[@robertstuckey6407]

"Duties are universally measured by relations" - Epictetus "Nothing worth doing is worth hiding" - which is my abridged version of a different Epictetus quote

[@BWtalks]

11:45 It is also difficult to see a reflection when your mirror is in a dark room. The world is not as hopeful a place as it once was.

[@honestmass0757]

Thank you for your videos. They have helped me bring my essay grades from 55% on average to a 70% average which still isn't great, but that is a tremendous improvement.

[@marialloyd1346]

Dude don’t discount that effort that’s fucking fantastic!

[@honestmass0757]

@marialloyd1346 I'm definitely not trying to discount the improvement. But I'm just saying I know I can do better because I didn't work as hard as I could have. Meaning I didn't turn it on my assignments on time or at all.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Love the poster sized Analog cover on the wall withe Schoenherr illustration! I have that issue...might need to do that myself!! "To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is unacceptable." Segfreid Farnon (Apocryphal ... from the PBS series)

[@ParkerNotes]

I have the issue too, it's such a beautiful piece! Glad someone finally noticed it 🙌 I grabbed the poster of it from ebay. You may like my SF and philosophy channel too: youtube.com/@truthsuffers

[@HarryBudkins]

A quick and crafty tongue, wicked heart, and goodly smile together breed guile. Ponder, weigh, and analyze your words to strain deceit from your throat. Not mine, but I appreciate it

[@once.upon.a.time.]

How wonderful, I think this is my favorite one. Thank you, I'm going to write this one down.

[@redcrossreborn]

Nassim Taleb of "Black Swan" fame actually published a book of aphorism. I didn't know it when I ordered it. But it was an unexpected but fun experience when I realized what it was.

[@LewisLittle66]

I write fiction, and I often find that aphorisms come to me there, from the mouths of my characters. One of my favourites; "The future is carved in wax, not stone".

[@ParkerNotes]

Yes!! So many good ones in fiction and that one is great! Is that yours? I I've found when people are writing what they think a wise character would say they often end up with real genuine insightful aphorisms haha it's so funny

[@LewisLittle66]

@@ParkerNotes Yes, that one is mine.

[@ParkerNotes]

@LewisLittle66 really nice! 👏👏

[@dannokk4743]

Uncle Iroh is a good inspiration for this🧙🏻

[@lisas1072]

I love your videos. I am a PhD student. Your videos always teach me something relevant to my work. One clarification: vivisection is surgery on a live animal, and at that time, with no anesthesia. It was a very cruel practice. Hence their disgust with it.

[@teddywilliams4112]

🧙🏻 A traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend. - Gandalf 🧙🏻The hasty stroke goes oft astray. - Aragorn 🧙🏻Oft evil will shall evil mar. - Theoden 🧙🏻Often does hatred hurt itself! - Gandalf 🧙🏻A treacherous weapon is ever a danger to the hand. - Gandalf 🧙🏻Even the most subtle spiders may leave a weak thread. - Gandalf

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Gandalf in the thumbnail slamming the book and saying to me, "fool of a book!" For not having read more today nor written in a journal!

[@lollekompolle]

I think that's a super-duper good idea. I'm going to start my own aphorism journal. Nice video!

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🤝🫡

[@Scouzeboy]

Greetings from Australia. (We have spoken before about fountain pens) Great video, thanks. Food for thought. I'm an avid Journaller. My journals include: Morning Pages (stream of thought journal) Everyday Journal Pocket journal. Observation journal Travel journal Gratitude journal One sentence per day journal. And for the fun of writing with my fountain pens - just copying biographies for the fun of writing. I'm always looking for subjects to write about. I dont think I could compose my own aphorisms, but I may start a new journal copying profound aphorisms of famous philosophers. Thanks for the idea.

[@ParkerNotes]

I do that as well, it's my pocket proverbs commonplace book of wisdom lol.

[@nicklausa.rparker6403]

13:50 - I tried coming up with one just now. "For every bird that learns to fall, a worm will learn to crawl." Idk if that would be an aphorism, but I gave it a shot.

[@DmensionXero]

Thank you again for a wonderful video. My journal has been filled with only entries that cover a page or two. A different, short form practice will be great for my smaller journals. 🧙‍♂️

[@TheFireMage100]

Great video, I'm gonna have to go out and spend my next paycheck on notebooks now that I have so many different types I want. Though I was wondering if you ever use fountain pens. I love using fountain pens for stationary writing (not something Id carry around in a pocket or try to use in a pocket notebook) because it just feels like you're playing the role of some wise man scribing down his thoughts and ideas. Plus, I have a slight addiction to the various inks you can get and theme to whatever work you're doing. Definitely had a few ink stains on my fingers over time and my workhorse is probably still my ballpoints, but there's just something about a fountain pen that brings a lot more enjoyment to what I'm doing

[@once.upon.a.time.]

I love my fountain pen (It's white with blue flowers and I use blue ink to match [I got it second sale so it's slightly broken but works perfectly fine]). It's the curling and the swooshing of the lettering that does it for me. 😅 I like to pretend that I'm living in Victorian times when I write in my diary haha

[@hondor5092]

Incorporating aphorisms in my daily journaling would indeed make me feel ✨magical ✨ 🧙🏾‍♂️ thank you for this video!

[@podcastbard]

Quotes are like that. A good inspirational quote can speak volumes. Ever try writing your own quote. I also do short poetry. Quotes can also summarize a book or a good article.

[@Thatshycanadiangirl]

🧙‍♂️ I’ve always liked “The pen is mightier than the sword”

[@johnnyjet3.1412]

The Sheaffer Sagaris is named after a BattleAxe.

[@ceres090]

🧙‍♂️ "Stopping to smell the roses only to sell them by the side of the road." That really affected me. We are so often incentived to monetize our hobbies that nothing can ever truly be relaxing. Also, protecting your isolation by hurting those closest to you was a good one. Sometimes we do have to hurt those we love to protect ourselves. That's what I got out of it anyway.

[@Andrew_the_Worthy_Shield]

I see others attempting it, so may as well throw in mine that I thought of as soon as the video ended: "The thin thread one places upon themselves is stronger than the thick chain placed on them by another." -- Andrew Barrera

[@Dugrath]

🧙‍♂ I'd say I love philosophy on some spectrum. I've read meditations, a bit of Nietzsche and skimmed some Kierkegaard as I went down a whirlpool of contemplation. I like this idea of keeping a journal of Aphorisms, definitely challenging! It might be something I try and do once in awhile, or at least make note of some and see if anything holds. I liked the ones you came up with, so don't feel bad or awkward for sharing. Keep it up! - I think this would count, it's a quote from The First Law series - "Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it." - Logen Ninefingers (Joe Abercrombie)

[@RatedX29]

I have been looking for inspiration on what to do with my new journal and got this recommended by the algorithm because of that, I assume. I decided on a commonplace style journal but actually wrote down aphorisms in it. This gave me some realisations and you another subscriber.

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

"Aphorisms are the Cliff's Notes of philosophy; unlike that ancient study aid, aphorisms can contain useful knowledge, even wisdom and, occasionally, maybe amusing." Vita, duchesse de Boheme.

[@ParkerNotes]

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[@radster2381]

Hey Parker, Leon Tolstoy also has a book of aphorisms as well! One aphorisms per every day of the year.

[@Procione07]

A grate aphorism that i eared from anduin in WoW is : "Everything touched by the light project a shadow!" That is a reference to the fact that even the gratest and noble of the heros have a dark side. Idk but this sentence stonked my mind, and at years of distance i still remeber it.

[@StarlasAiko]

"Even small men can cast large shadows" Tyrion Lanister

[@millipedeleelee514]

I have a similar saying i usually keep in mind. The brighter the light the darker the shadow.

[@mskitjsn]

"Brevity is the soul of wit"

[@ParkerNotes]

@@mskitjsn beautiful

[@FigsArtsandCrafts]

You have such a beefy mustache! Love your videos!

[@ParkerNotes]

Haha thanks and thanks!

[@stevenlewis537]

I have said many over the years without realizing I had, thanks to my grandpa, he always had one at the ready it seems.. a couple of his favorites were "1 in the hand is worth 2 in the bush", "why run and f%$# one, when you could walk and f!@# them all?", "sh1t in one hand and wish in the other and see which fills up faster..", and finally "a lack of planning on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on my part.." However, I think a couple of my favorites are: " It's not a delay to stop and sharpen the scythe", "A sword has a voice. Sheathed it has little to say, to be sure, but you need only put your hand on the hilt and it begins to whisper in your enemy's ear."(this one I only just found, and I think its less an aphorism, but still really good), "You can choose your actions, but you cannot choose their consequences"

[@frustratedmsm69]

Not only knowledge but also motivation for deep study, i aquire here in this channel. Thanks for existing parker👊🏻

[@jasonmarshall5730]

🧙🏻‍♂️ your aphorism about modern theologians rings true to me. I'm a Baptist pastor, and many of my fellow pastors would rather live in the past, some of whom to the detriment of the day to day. Others still live day to day without the broad shoulders of the past to fall back on.

[@AmyJackson-_-85]

The serenity prayer…. GOD grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time: accepting hardship as the pathway to peace: taking, as he did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that he will make all things right if I surrender to his will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with him forever in the next. Amen

[@Kaleidoscope2412]

🧙‍♂️ Not sure if this is a aphorism, but definitely something that has stuck with me for a long time: "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

[@smw1193]

My favorite, "The fate of evildoers casts a long shadow over any retaliation you can muster."

[@davidrussell6559]

Many years ago I shamelessly stole, "A broken clock works twice a day." I use that quite a bit.

[@goldentopaz]

i didn't realize it was called aphorisms i use these in my sketch on the back sides of my drawings or empty spaces in my sketch book, i've been combining my notebook journal and sketch book into one because i get tired of carrying one when i want another in my hand at the time of inspiration i use the aphorisms to remind me of those moments for what i was inspired by to draw.

[@mitchellclark3070]

Here is one my dad wrote down. "Some people like Nothing better than to fire blanks to demonstrate how well a gun shoots"

[@melissam0ss]

I loved this video and was so impressed by your excitement while quoting from Tolkien’s writings/stories/books. Thank you 😊 🧙‍♀️

[@ParkerNotes]

@@melissam0ss I'm so glad you liked it! Thanks for this encouragement. I do love me some Tolkien

[@paulphillips3893]

You defined something for me that I have been wrestling to define myself. Thank you.

[@khazmodan]

19:34 It's pronounced as if I was writing in english ''La Roshfooco'', with an accent on the last ''o''🧙‍♂

[@moondawgg420]

I just stumbled upon this, been trying to journal a lot more. LOVE the ADCC shirt, are you a grappler? Subscribed by the way, this is sweet

[@ParkerNotes]

@@moondawgg420 yeah, wrestled from 1st grade through 4 years of a D1 program. Now I'm a purple belt in bjj. I have a grappling channel called Parker's Pale you might like

[@moondawgg420]

​@@ParkerNotes “The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

[@remasg.thernor8340]

I'd be surprised if no one else caught this, but your first aphorism reminded me of the following: “I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.” ― D.H. Lawrence, The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence

[@evilandy89]

Not sure if this is an aphorism, but lately as I read the Bible I try to remember, “The New Testament is hidden in the old, and the old is revealed in the new.” Can’t remember were I heard it so don’t give me credit 😅

[@hamontequila1104]

Likely in St Irenaous

[@alexlancaster8133]

This quote is from St. Augustine, Seven Questions Concerning the Heptateuch, Question 2. A wonderful aphorism!

[@PucKitt]

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. Bruce Lee My current favorite quote that I feel is relevant to life at this moment.

[@FootLooseAngel]

Simple Truth speaks to all ends. We discover the Truth of reality from extrapolating simple wisdoms to their absolute ends

[@Greenjagsurf]

I developed a Sun Zu quote... Act with intention, but not expectation. (I felt it embraces a Buddhist ideal yet not wallowing in no will.)

[@bluewisdomtriforce]

The problem with aphorisms is that you might encounter a Pippin.

[@EmmanuelMapili-fb2yi]

Thank you for the video. I have really consider keeping buy and carry jounerals. It is better than 😅 the scrolling syndrome.

[@thirbhuvaanlajabathi9347]

This is a great idea. I have my own. But it's a collection of quotes from stories, books and other places. We should have a collection of good words and write it in our own hand. The experience is a good thing. And like you said I felt weird and who am I to do this and cringey. I think I will get back to it. 🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️

[@joeynobody1138]

You had me at "Drink every time I say aphorism." oh, wait, You said don't drink. 😵 too late. "Man who catch fly with chopstick, accomplish anything." - Mr. Miyagi Another great video. Keep up the great work.

[@StarlasAiko]

"You, beginner luck." - Mr Miyagi

[@someguy803]

I was a military K9 handler and we are known for having strong but stubborn personalities. An old K9 handler/trainer once said "the only thing two handlers/trainers will agree on is that the third is wrong"

[@jonathanmeyer1164]

One I've been saying for years, "If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging."

[@ParkerNotes]

@@jonathanmeyer1164 I really like it

[@JournalingwithSteve]

Good grief: this is awesome! I had several pets named from Tolkien characters, so super fun to revisit him with you.

[@alnahdia3353]

Very inspiring🧙‍♂️ The way you open up my mind to new ideas🧙‍♂️ The way you make me want to get up and write🧙‍♂️ Very inspiring indeed🧙‍♂️

[@norvynhill]

🧙‍♂ I was had at, "Journal like Gandalf."

[@oathdagger627]

My favorite aphorism is from Louis-Ferdinand Céline: "There's no tyrant like a brain" Kafka's aphorisms are great too!

[@ParkerNotes]

Thanks for the tip! Just bought them

[@meanderingmaddie]

🧙‍♀️ excellent video! Lots to think about. I liked your aphorisms and I applaud your courage to read them aloud. Scuse me while I go re-watch LOTR and The Hobbit 🏃‍♀️

[@ParkerNotes]

@@meanderingmaddie haha I actually just started another marathon because of the prep for this video

[@kurai0607]

🧙🏼‍♂️i should be sleeping but the title is catchy. 🌝 i love LOTR and I think I may have written down the same LOTR aphorisms that you mentioned in the video…except for the prism one. That one, I am sure I did not write down. Anyway, definitely enjoyed your video. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@elcilove]

would it be possible to get the page or chapter numbers of the gandalf aphorisms? I'd like to go over them again in my books 🙂

[@foreigndaruma9825]

I find, in general, that fiction writers are the foremost creators of aphorisms, as they need not care too much about the opinions of philosophical gatekeeping. Examples from Robin Hobb aka Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden: “The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will.” “When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.” So, a way to find the sage is to do so through story, or roleplay. Let someone else speak for you while you're swinging that pickaxe at the boulder of cringe blocking your path.

[@ParkerNotes]

I've definitely found this too! Started a new KZbin channel on science fiction, fantasy, and philosophy in order to draw out truth and wisdom from speculative fiction, of which there is a ton 🙌

[@StarlasAiko]

"He who breaks a thing to find o0ut what it is has left the path of wisdom" This could also be a strong argument against modernist philosophical deconstructions, including deconstruction of literary tropes.

[@TerriGarofalo]

I so want to do this! Alas the wizard arrived precisely when she means to! 🧙‍♀️

[@velvetbees]

I was a failure at aphorisms, so I wrote some rules of wisdom. 1. Don't stick your finger in a light socket. 2. Come in out of the rain. 3. Don't bite people. That's as far as I got, but I have a journal to fill up and this is just the start.

[@Andrew_the_Worthy_Shield]

"Kiss not the unfeeling power, unless you wish to embrace the reaper." "Though you are as a tree, come and drink with me, and leave the oak to drink heaven's tears." "A kiss is sweet to a lover, strange to a stranger, but never bear your teeth against either less they retaliate." You are free so steal these.

[@EricM-112]

I like this one: you can move mountains with your mind(may be missing a part)😅🧞‍♀️

[@Andrew_the_Worthy_Shield]

I think it's more along the lines of, "Faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains."

[@hyleore]

this reminds me of Old English poetry (~ 650-900 ad) which was full of one-sentence mysterious wisdom

[@hyleore]

🧙🏼‍♂️ only one i can think of right now is "quand le sage montre la lune, l'imbécile regarde le doigt" - "when the wise man points at the moon, the fool looks at the finger"

[@korikarnage9514]

Paused because of Gandalf, clicked because of the mustache, stayed and subscribed for the discourse 👍

[@Tom-oy5uk]

awesome video! I hadn't realised aphorisms were so cool! hahaha thanks for showing that, definetly gonna think more about them!

[@SimonDallender]

Here’s mine. The only difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that an optimist does happy.

[@podcastbard]

A short saying can have more substance than a longer piece full of ego.

[@JohnNelson1]

Helpful, thank you!