I know only that I know nothing:
To get a tree, one must sow the seed!
Mind identifies bad only
When it knows both good and bad!
One must know quagmire to step
On firm land to walk safe ahead!
Only in self sacrifice truth stands
Like divine juice, of the love sacred!
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What to comment upon this poem: i know only that i know nothing...this, only, is the essence behind all human knowledge...to get a tree, first sow the seed....to have a dream come true, first see the dream...self-sacrifice stands behind the truth...this short but compressed poem keeps a high wisdom of its own...one thinks where to stop the discussion...? ? ? to quote from Bacon....It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea; apleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always pure and serene) , and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of Truth...