Foolishness Quotes

392 quotes by 315 authors

The cross guarantees that even in your darkest moment God will never turn in disgust and walk away. There is no rebellion, no weakness, no… — Paul David Tripp
There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it within our power to help save it.… — Pete Seeger
Ah, I have kept Him waiting when I ought not, but He has waited even then. Always waiting - so patient with my foolishness, my… — G. Campbell Morgan
My philosophy is that I am a friend of the children. I don't think anyone should see them as pitiable subjects or charity. That is… — Kailash Satyarthi
To believe straight away is foolishness, to believe after having seen clearly is good sense. That is the Buddhist policy in belief; not to believe… — Buddhadasa
The height of foolishness is to discard an opportunity without full investigation — Benjamin Franklin
For us to think we can enjoy, understand and practice the Christian religion with just Matthew to Revelation is foolishness. — Randall Terry
Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want; they do not know what is the best for them. There… — Benito Mussolini
The reactionary suicide is â€˜wise,â€™ and the revolutionary suicide is a â€˜fool,â€™ a fool for the revolution in the way Paul meant when he spoke… — Huey Newton
The biggest fool is one who minds the business of others rather than minding his very own — Amit Abraham
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better. — Baron de Montesquieu
There are many objects of desire, and therefore many desires. Some are born with us, hunger, yearning, and pride of place, and some are the… — Guy Davenport
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man. — William Makepeace Thackeray
He who dreams ... does not know he is dreaming... . Only when he awakens does he know he has dreamt. But there is also… — Zhuangzi
Industrial-strength foolishness sets in-in males, at least-at about the age of 18. This is why the military prefers males in the 18-to-25-year-old range when there's… — Russell Baker
One way in which fools succeed where wise men fail is that through ignorance of the danger they sometimes go coolly about a hazardous business. — Richard Whately
People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise. — Mary Wortley Montagu
There's nothing like mixing with woman to bring out all the foolishness in a man of sense. — Thornton Wilder
Only a fool expects to be happy all the time. — Robertson Davies
Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it,… — Abraham Cowley

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