Wisdom and Ignorance

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Albert Einstein, in Wisdom and Ignorance

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Socrates, in Wisdom and Ignorance

The less you know, the more you think you know, because you don't know you don't know.

Ray Stevens, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.

Robert Louis Stevenson, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.

David Summers, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A pseudo-intellectual is a person who knows what "pseudo" means.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A single fact can spoil a good argument.

Unknown, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

A small journey begins with one step and ends with another.

Unknown, 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

However hot the water is, the fire still goes out.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Beware the man of one book.

St. Thomas Aquinas, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

Jane Austen, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.

Burt Bacharach, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Saul Bellow, in Wisdom and Ignorance