Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/ccrfqs3v · ★★☆☆ Fair (93 ratings) · submitted 1997
I'm more like I am now than I ever was before.
tiny.ag/6qzazlkw · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · submitted 1997
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
tiny.ag/ldizacqu · ★★☆☆ Fair (337 ratings) · submitted 1997
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Salvor Hardin), in War and Peace and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/gbo6vshj · ★★☆☆ Fair (55 ratings) · submitted 1997
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them.
tiny.ag/wgyfgj8m · ★★☆☆ Fair (53 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wonder, rather than doubt, is the root of knowledge.
Abraham Heschel, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/yamidgsg · ★★☆☆ Fair (519 ratings) · submitted 1999
Ignorance does not necesarilly mean one has a lack of wisdom, for a most ignorant person can be one with much wisdom. It's "live and learn" that creates wisdom.
tiny.ag/hvtkmq8l · ★★☆☆ Fair (154 ratings) · submitted 1997
Strong words are required for weak principles.
Doug Horton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/9exonkwl · ★★☆☆ Fair (129 ratings) · submitted 1997
Growing old is not growing up.
tiny.ag/ls2p5dcg · ★★☆☆ Fair (283 ratings) · submitted 1997
Sloppy thinking gets worse over time.
tiny.ag/hyedkhd2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (330 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
tiny.ag/s0wemj5y · ★★☆☆ Fair (25 ratings) · submitted 1997
A large brain, like large government, may not be able to do simple things in a simple way.
tiny.ag/0hselcjm · ★★☆☆ Fair (484 ratings) · submitted 1997
I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
tiny.ag/y0inete4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (185 ratings) · submitted 1997
Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.
tiny.ag/hksesmq7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (313 ratings) · submitted 1997
Education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
tiny.ag/chnlsua0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (36 ratings) · submitted 1997
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
tiny.ag/sutptyxa · ★★☆☆ Fair (19 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
tiny.ag/y7qkjsrf · ★★☆☆ Fair (255 ratings) · submitted 1997
Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
tiny.ag/b5zelloy · ★★☆☆ Fair (531 ratings) · submitted 1997
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
tiny.ag/6rk1jdhd · ★★☆☆ Fair (106 ratings) · submitted 1997
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
tiny.ag/tzkxgb3b · ★★☆☆ Fair (93 ratings) · submitted 1997
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
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