Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this, throw the raft away.

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool.

... there is wisdom in madness and strong probability of truth in all accusations, for people are complete, and everyone is capable of everything.

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.

The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.

It is better to speak wisdom foolishly like the saints than to speak folly wisely like the deans.

The real madness probably is not another thing that the wisdom itself that, tired of discovering the shames of the world, has taken the intelligent resolution to become mad.

It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to you, and to turn your heart to God and not to be troubled with the judgment of others.

It's best for a man to be thought a fool instead of opening his mouth and removing all doubt.

Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.