Einstein once said that imagination was more important than knowledge. He was absolutely right about that. Knowledge can have limits in being confined to knowing about what's already available. What's beyond that frontier is the world of imagination. It's the humans' foray into the unknown and untested world and poking a finger into that unaccessed truth.

Similarly, thought itself is more powerful and with more reach than speech. If speech is the speed of sound, thought moves at the speed of light. And it can reach far and wide.

I remember working as a car salesman once. One of the first training sessions I received was to stay quiet during a sales pitch and try to think what the customer wants. And that the person who talks first and talks more loses in the end. So, if you wanna make the sale, let the customer do the talking, while you assess and think.

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