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Quotes about Foolishness

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
— Khalil Gibran
If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
— Francois Rabelais
You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice
— Gordon Hinckley
Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.
— Janette Oke
There is a special Providence that watches over idiots, drunken men, and boys.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Man's wisdom is his best friend folly his worst enemy.
— William Temple
If a man is a fool, the best thing is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
— Woodrow Wilson
Action without intelligence is a form of insanity, but intelligence without action is the greatest form of stupidity in the world.
— Charles Kettering
In short, Clevinger was one of those people with lots of intelligence and no brains, and everyone knew it except those who soon found it out.
— Joseph Heller
Unfortunately, some of our greatest tribulations are the result of our own foolishness and weakness and occur because of our own carelessness or transgression.
— James Faust
Stupidity talks, vanity acts.
— Victor Hugo
The things that are the most necessary, the most critical to us, are the things we take most for granted. Air. Water. Love. If you have someone to love, you are lucky. If they love you back, you're blessed. And if you waste the time you have to love them, you're a fool.
— Richard Paul Evans