The Wisest Don't Have to Know the Most

"Wisdom begins in wonder" - Socrates

This quote is 100% true. Yes, we can all know hard facts and can reproduce them, but the people who marvel and interpret life itself are the wisest.

The Model Forensic Speech

"I have said enough in answer to the charge of Meletus: any elaborate defence is unnecessary; but as I was saying before, I certainly have many enemies, and this is what will be my destruction if I am destroyed; of that I am certain; - not Meletus, nor yet Anytus, but the envy and detraction of the world, which has been the death of many good men, and will probably be the death of many more; there is no danger of my being the last of them. "

Socrates does not attempt to seduce or confuse his audience. He instead tries to give them the facts as clearly and concisely as possible, so that they may decide how to treat him based upon their own morals and values, as opposed to their emotions.
Socrates was a surprisingly humble man. He was much wiser than many of the greatest people of his time, yet he still knew that he knew nothing at all. He constantly sought after the true essence of things, rather than just accepting something that was less than perfect and true.
He knows that he is a good man but he also knows that he does not matter that much. there will be many more good men to come.

The words of our own Jeremy Johnston...

"Potential is Irrelevant" ~ Jeremy Johnston

These words spoken by one of our own, Jeremy Johnston, are wake-up words, if I do say so myself. Telling his class about the use of potential and what it means to be a student, his words made me really think about what he means. By saying what he did about potential, he means that no matter who you are, no matter your intellectual level or grade, no one will ever get anywhere and be good at something if they don't work for it and make their potential grow into becoming applied skill and knowledge. Even if you do have a natural talent at something, say hockey, you won't become any better or become great unless you work for it and truly want it. Johnston states that turning your potential into growth is something that Michael Jordan did. He practiced and practiced and he got better when he put his potential into action.
Therefore, we will get nowhere and become nothing if we cannot succeed or don't try to put our potential into action.