Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/hsbozuvd · ★★☆☆ Fair (54 ratings) · submitted 1997
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
tiny.ag/zwsbjgio · ★★☆☆ Fair (48 ratings) · submitted 1997
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says: "I'll try again tomorrow."
tiny.ag/oayda2mh · ★★☆☆ Fair (33 ratings) · submitted 1997
Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
tiny.ag/qe3bg8q5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (61 ratings) · submitted 1997
Experience is not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you.
tiny.ag/egvuw4ni · ★★☆☆ Fair (852 ratings) · submitted 1997
Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.
tiny.ag/bague6sg · ★★☆☆ Fair (35 ratings) · submitted 1997
A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.
tiny.ag/jdfanm7k · ★★☆☆ Fair (238 ratings) · submitted 1998
Lately I've found that if it weren't for stereotypes, conversation would be much more difficult for the closed-minded.
tiny.ag/23goyhuk · ★★☆☆ Fair (33 ratings) · submitted 1997
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
tiny.ag/zzbstsyk · ★★☆☆ Fair (275 ratings) · submitted 1997
If the aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.
tiny.ag/qwlnrjbr · ★★☆☆ Fair (35 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment.
tiny.ag/np6qfeud · ★★☆☆ Fair (414 ratings) · submitted 1997
Everything we really need to know we learned in kindergarten.
Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/mgn8bwur · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
tiny.ag/pwfxhqlj · ★★☆☆ Fair (128 ratings) · submitted 1997
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
tiny.ag/sr7yv9lh · ★★☆☆ Fair (112 ratings) · submitted 1997
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
tiny.ag/wf0milq1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (96 ratings) · submitted 1997
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
tiny.ag/9bdy4k6s · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.
tiny.ag/4mch5yty · ★★☆☆ Fair (63 ratings) · submitted 1997
I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.
tiny.ag/yxk2wmee · ★★☆☆ Fair (35 ratings) · submitted 1997
No one wants a good education, but everyone wants a good degree.
tiny.ag/vk93rps4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (1554 ratings) · submitted 1997
We must become the change we want to see.
tiny.ag/r2oe16bv · ★★☆☆ Fair (352 ratings) · submitted 1997
He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
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