About This Journal
However, he does keep on his person a small leather bound booklet within which he has painstakingly set down his most important notes. While mostly consisting of herbology notations, ciphers and addresses, there are within quotes from various philosophers that hold particular meaning to him. That book - were it to ever be found or stolen - would not have anything incriminating, persay, though the quotes might grant an insight to who William is as a person and where his values align.
A complete ( and occasionally updated ) selection of said quotes is included below. However what this journal consists of will be short bursts of seemingly random writings - notes William means for himself that would have little meaning to anyone outside of himself. Beneath a split, will be a comprehensive breakdown on what the writing pertains to and a mun analysis of William’s particular position at any one time to grant a meta-based insight while still keeping to William’s character of not giving anything away in writing.
Quotes Within:
"Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty."
— Archimedes
"Nature and teaching are closely related; for teaching reforms a person, and by reforming remakes his nature."
— Democritus
“Nothing great in the world was accomplished without passion.”
― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
"Those who love wisdom must investigate many things"
— Heraclitus
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Marcus Aurelius
“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
― Marcus Aurelius
"Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength."
— Napoléon Bonaparte
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
― Plato
"Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence."
— Pythagoras