The quote by Octavio Paz "Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two." to me alludes that obtaining wisdom results between the dialectic of fixity and change. As much as we fear living in the present we can't focus our minds and efforts on what is happening in our lives. The same with the change, we can't be happy or dissatisfied with change. We need both to make our lives meaningful. It is believed that no man can step in the same river twice, according to Heraclitus. It is not the same river or the same man. Finally, wisdom, therefore, is a result of the amalgamation of fixity and change. Live life willing to learn from the past and not make a focal point about the present.
