On Quotes

Last night I was pondering the value of quotes and the significant affect the good ones can have on a person's life: opening his eyes to truth, or helping him to learn from the experience of others; and I came to a conclusion which I transported from my mind to paper in two different forms.  I present them to you below.  Enjoy!

1) You must not take a quote simply to heart, you must delve deep into each individual word, discovering its function in and contribution to the complete thought - whether it plays the role of the foundation, the walls, or the roof - and build up to reflecting on the thought as a whole structure.  Then you must investigate the roots of the thought and the source which inspired the maker to express it; and with much deep musing within the realm of an eternal paradigm, either wisdom, revelation, or both will come for the undertaking of implementation.

2) A plant in full bloom and health can be an awe-inspiring sight to behold; but to experience full appreciation, you must look under and all around it.  So it is with a good quote.