Wisdom and Ignorance

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

Elbert Hubbard, in Wisdom and Ignorance

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Victor Hugo, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

David Hume, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says: "I'll try again tomorrow."

Anne Hunninghake, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Experience is not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you.

Aldous Huxley, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

Robert G. Ingersoll, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.

R. Inman, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Lately I've found that if it weren't for stereotypes, conversation would be much more difficult for the closed-minded.

Morgan Ivy, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

William James, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Experience is often what you get when you were expecting something else.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance

Look to the past for guidance into the future.

Robert Jacob Goodkin, in Wisdom and Ignorance

I improve on misquotation.

Cary Grant, in Wisdom and Ignorance

I'm more like I am now than I ever was before.

Greg, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Ernesto "Che" Guevara, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Salvor Hardin), in War and Peace and Wisdom and Ignorance

A large brain, like large government, may not be able to do simple things in a simple way.

Donald O. Hebb, in Wisdom and Ignorance