Jostein Gaarder Quotes

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• There is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fool walking the earth who is never ravaged by… Delusion
• A joker is a little fool who is different from everyone else. He's not a club, diamond, heart, or spade. He's not an eight or… Anybody
• How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living. Extraordinary
• Socrates, whose mother was a midwife, used to say that his art was like the art of the midwife. She does not herself give birth… Art
• Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life. Athens
• A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these… Achieve
• The most subversive people are those who ask questions. Ask
• People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent. Certain
• The rearing of children is considered too important to be left to the individual and should be the responsibility of the state. Children
• A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm. Arm
• Life is both sad and solemn. We are led into a wonderful world, we meet one another here, greet each other---and wander together for a… Arrived
• It's not a silly question if you can't answer it. Answer
• Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy. Galaxy
• It is by no means certain that we advance our philosophical quest by reading Plato or Aristotle. It may increase our knowledge of history but… Advance
• We can be hindered in our development and our personal growth by political conditions. Outer circumstances can constrain us. Only when we are free to… Abilities
• To prove religious faith by human reason is rationalistic claptrap. Claptrap
• And although I have seen nothing but black crows in my life, it doesn't mean that there's no such thing as a white crow. Both… Almost Say
• Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others. Acting
• Many of the Nazis were convicted after the war, but they were not convicted for being 'unreasonable'. They were convicted for being gruesome murderers. Convicted
• Where both reason and experience fall short, there occurs a vacuum that can be filled by faith. Both

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