“Those who are wise won't be busy and those who would be too busy can't be wise. The wisest man is therefore he who loafs most gracefully.”

I asked the AI app Perplexity to give me a list of 10-15 people alive or dead who are considered wise.

Here is the list it compiled:

• Mahatma Gandh
• The Dalai Lama
• Nelson Mandela
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Mother Teresa
• Socrates
• Confucius
• Maya Angelou
• Albert Einstein
• Carl Sagan
• Jane Goodall
• Thich Nhat Hanh
• Oprah Winfrey

EXERCISE:

Who would you add to this list that has made a significant contribution to human wisdom and understanding?

How might the idea of loafing gracefully to reflect and explore the nature and meaning of being human be integral to this process?

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Today's quote by Lin Yutang, 20th Century Chinese philosopher