Wisdom and Ignorance

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

Buddha, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Less than fifteen percent of the people do any original thinking on any subject... The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think.

Luther Burbank, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

Robert Burton, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Ignorance is the mother of devotion.

Robert Burton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

Alvin Toffler, in Wisdom and Ignorance

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Henry David Thoreau, in Wisdom and Ignorance

He who learns and runs away, lives to learn another day.

Edward Lee Thorndike, in Life and Death and Wisdom and Ignorance

Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?

Kelvin Throop, III, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

James Thurber, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.

Henrik Tikkanen, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

No one wants a good education, but everyone wants a good degree.

Lee Rudolph, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Bertrand Russell, in Wisdom and Ignorance

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Bertrand Russell, in Wisdom and Ignorance

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

George Santiano, in Wisdom and Ignorance

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Diane Sawyer, in Wisdom and Ignorance

With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

Friedrich von Schiller, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

E. F. Schumacher, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

Major writing is to say what has been seen, so that it need never be said again.

Delmore Schwartz, in Wisdom and Ignorance

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

William Shakespeare, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

George Bernard Shaw, in Wisdom and Ignorance