Too many signals. Marcus Aurelius 3.15

Every action we engage sends more signals than we know or can control in their entirety. Being present at an action always conveys information different from any account we deliver later to non-participants.


Οὐκ ἴσασι, πόσα σημαίνει τὸ κλέπτειν, τὸ σπείρειν, τὸ ὠνεῖσθαι, τὸ ἡσυχάζειν, τὸ ὁρᾶν τὰ πρακτέα, ὃ οὐκ ὀφθαλμοῖς γίνεται ἀλλ’ ἑτέρᾳ τινὶ ὄψει.


They do not how how many signals are released when we steal, sow, buy, hold our peace, or watch what is done. The import of these signals is not for the eyes, but for some other kind of sight.