The wisdom of the world

It takes a life to learn what is really important; so that you would speak less, about fewer, meaningful things. But silence is rarely understood. You can of course point the way or give your own action as an example... However, most of the time you must use words, many, many words, to say first what you will say, then to say it, and at last to say again what you said. The wise must repeat themselves for a long, long time before they are understood. This reminds me of a story:

“Human wisdom is contained in no more than seven stories” declared Nasrudin after numerous years of deep reflection. "All the rest is silly repetition, explaining the obvious.”

“Then, pray Oh Mullah, why is your life adorned with so many hundreds of silly stories repeating forever the same simple things?”

“For the sake of people such as you, my good man.”