{"quotes":[{"text":"The purpose of life is to become acquainted with the deepest recesses of a person’s own mind by reflecting upon what a person reads, witnesses, and personally experiences. Wisdom is a form of power. Lacking knowledge of the world and without comprehending the essence of humanity, we can never know the truth of our own being.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["humanity","knowledge-of-self","knowledge-of-world","personal-experience","personal-experiences","philosophy-of-life","reading-books","reflection","reflection-on-life","reflection","reflections-on-life","self-knowledge","self-knowledge","truth","truth","wisdom","wisdom","writing"],"id":108354,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"No two persons can learn something and experience it in the same way.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["actions","background","belief-systems","books","caring","character","choices","creative","differences","digesting","experiences","family-life","family-values","growth","individuals","influence","intelligence","internalizing","journey","journeys","lessons","life-lessons","mind","morality","path","perception","personal-development","personal-experiences","personal-growth","personality","personalizing","personalizing-experiences","perspective","reaction","seeing","seeing-the-world","spiritual-experiences","stages-of-evolution","two-people","uncaring","uniqueness","upbringing","values","vision","visionaries","words","writing"],"id":226073,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"There is nothing more powerful than gaining knowledge through our beliefs via personal experiences because when we turn belief into knowledge this way, we know what we know at the very core of our being, at a visceral level.","author":"Patty Houser","tags":["beliefs","beliefs","epistemology","knowledge","knowledge","personal-experiences"],"id":243889,"author_id":"Patty+Houser"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":3,"pages":1}}