“James fought the temptation to repeat “traditional chromosomal energy signature,” just because it was such an awesome example of erudition gone weird,… — Amy Lane Copy Share Image
Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote… — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can atone for… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition is now possible, has led either to… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
No other book has been so chopped, knifed, sifted, scrutinized, and vilified. What book on philosophy or religion or psychology or belles… — Bernard Ramm Copy Share Image
If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head. But also read against… — Adam Zagajewski Copy Share Image
Erudition - that is, reading, writing, and arithmetic - is taught in the schools; but where is the more important quality, character,… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
I have respect for mother nature's methods of robustness (billions of years allow most of what is fragile to break); classical thought… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Critics have found in the narrative a veneer of erudition that cloaks nothing more than a James Bond-style romp, albeit a highly… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
People who use their erudition to write for a learned minority... don't seem to me favored by fortune but rather to be… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
These poems possess intelligence, erudition, gravitas and urgency. Serious and moving in voice and ambition, this passionately lyrical and articulate work reminds… — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
