Foolish Quotes

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Frightened of my futureless life, scared by my foolish anxieties, unable to see ahead and aiming nowhere, I continued ceaselessly living my ridiculously idiotic life.… — Tatsuhiko Takimoto
But even gold is not everything: and only a fanatic, and a rather foolish fanatic, would say that this style of fiction summed up and… — George Saintsbury
To overcome the intelligent by folly is contrary to the natural order of things; to overcome the foolish by intelligence is in accord with the… — Zhuge Liang
How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He ruins is present… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools. — Diane Ackerman
All of manâ€™s work is a bloody business. That fact, today, is considered foolish, affairs are finished cleverly with words alone, and jobs that require… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be… — Ajahn Chah
Choosing one thing over another doesn't necessarily mean we love the thing we choose. If given the choice to eat spinach or broccoli, you may… — Matt Chandler
It's sort of like a mockery, in a way of reality because they think everything is smiles and sweetness and flowers where there is something… — Edie Sedgwick
Am I foolish and insignificant or am I great? I gave all the individuals in the world cause to kneel down in front of me. — Sun Myung Moon
The very idea that you can pursue happiness, that you can deserve it, that you can demand it, that you have the right to be… — Rajneesh
"There is no God," the foolish saith, But none, "There is no sorrow." And nature oft the cry of faith In bitter need will borrow:… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
It is foolish to try to live on past experience. It is very dangerous, if not a fatal habit, to judge ourselves to be safe… — Charles Spurgeon
But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish desires and schemes that plunge them into ruin and… — Saint Timothy
I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am… — Monica Lewinsky
The Libertarians, of whom I'm rather fond, are running Harry Browne. Libertarians are, just as they claim, principled and consistent- they believe in individual liberty.… — Molly Ivins
A widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish than sensible. — Bertrand Russell
Faith is the willingness to look foolish. — Mark Batterson
An entrepreneur is someone who dares to dream the dreams and is foolish enough to try to make those dreams come true. — Vinod Khosla
Success comes to those that dare to dream dreams and are foolish enough to try and make them come true. — Vinod Khosla

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