One of the tweets that I put out a while back was,

the closer you get to the truth,

the more silent you are inside.

We intuitively know this.

When someone is laughing too much,

that person who talks too much at the party,

the court jester, you know they're not a peace inside.

You know Robin Williams was not peaceful inside.

Whereas for the wise person,

if we expect to meet a Lao-Zu,

Asakrides, we expect them to be quiet.

That is an indication that they are wise.

And not quiet because they're trying to look wise,

but quiet because they're internally quiet.

We understand that peace and wisdom sort of go together.

Couple Gupta, who's written far more on this topic

than I have, said,

wisdom begets stoicism, stoicism,

does not be get wisdom.

And I thought that was very insightful.

And his basic point is that as you become wise,

you naturally become stoic.

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