Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/d3ttj2ag · submitted 1997
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
tiny.ag/slupay0r · submitted 1997
Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
tiny.ag/pazvp4tb · submitted 1997
If someone had told me I would be pope one day, I would have studied harder.
Pope John Paul I, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/06lybgnu · submitted 1998
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is its own troubles.
Jesus Christ, (Matthew 6:34), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/qycsaode · submitted 1997
When angry, count to ten before you speak; when very angry, a hundred.
Thomas Jefferson, Writings, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/asaliq9g · submitted 1997
I live for books.
Thomas Jefferson, in Art and Literature and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/1jtdasvn · submitted 1997
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
tiny.ag/hvtkmq8l · submitted 1997
Strong words are required for weak principles.
Doug Horton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/23goyhuk · submitted 1997
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
tiny.ag/jdfanm7k · 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/bague6sg · 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/qe3bg8q5 · submitted 1997
Experience is not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you.
tiny.ag/yjcobkfn · submitted 1997
No one gets too old to learn a new way of being stupid.
tiny.ag/pxfadpln · submitted 1997
Never give advice -- a wise man won't need it, a fool won't heed it.
tiny.ag/as0knvco · submitted 1997
Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.
tiny.ag/njl5gsre · submitted 1997
Live to learn... forget... and learn again.
tiny.ag/oayda2mh · submitted 1997
Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
tiny.ag/q7oo4vdf · submitted 1997
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
tiny.ag/egvuw4ni · submitted 1997
Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.
tiny.ag/zwsbjgio · 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."
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