Crawford Loritts:
“Experience is not always the best teacher, but it is the only school a fool will attend.”
From his book Never Walk Away: Lessons on Integrity from a Father Who Lived It
There are many things we don’t have to do to know they’re dumb. One aspect of wisdom is being willing to delay gratification–to say no to an immediate pleasure because of the long-term consequences. One aspect of foolishness is the seemingly uncontrollable need to do what we feel like doing–to be impulsive, impetuous, and focused on the short-term, not the long-term.