Quotes about Foolishness
We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God.
— St. Augustine
The folly isn't mine. It's God's folly. Even in the old days he never asked men to do what was reasonable.
— William Golding
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
— Proverbs 9:7
For Socrates, there are only two kinds of people: the wise, who know they are fools; and fools, who think they are wise. Similarly, for Christ and all the prophets, there are only two kinds of people: saints, who know they are sinners; and sinners, who think they are saints.
— Peter Kreeft
Go back to Socrates: Know thyself. For Socrates, there are only two kinds of people: the wise, who know they are fools; and fools, who think they are wise. Similarly, for Christ and all the prophets, there are only two kinds of people: saints, who know they are sinners; and sinners, who think they are saints. Which are you?
— Peter Kreeft
There's this thing that I like to call the RC Sproul principle of hermenutics. When you're reading the bible and you come across someone doing something really stupid, don't say to yourself "I'm glad I'm not him". Ask yourself "How am I that stupid?
— RC Sproul Jr.
All our experience with history should teach us, when we look back, how badly human wisdom is betrayed when it relies on itself
— Martin Luther
They turn the heart away much more strongly than adversity and want do, as he says in his song (Deut. 32:15): "Having become swollen, fat, and thick, he rebelled"; and (Prov. 1:32): "The prosperity of the foolish destroys them"; as is said also in the German proverb: "You need strong legs to hold up under good days." For man endures evil more easily than good, as the poet says: "Luxury has invaded as a deadlier foe."2
— Martin Luther
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
— Proverbs 10:1
You can believe a whole lot of foolish things, but God doesn't want you to do that. He wants your faith to rest upon the Word of God.
— J. Vernon McGee
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
— Albert Einstein
How is it then that your theologians drivel like people in their second childhood.
— Martin Luther