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Quotes about Foolishness

If a little knowledge is dangerous - where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
— Thomas Henry Huxley
Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge.
— William Hazlitt
Now all is dashed wrong; by the fool's craving to hear evil of self, that haunts some people like a demon!
— Emily Bronte
If you want to improve, you must be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
— Epictetus
With all due respect, I am against dumb.
— John Kennedy
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.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Everyone agreed that Clevinger was certain to go far in the academic world. 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
God wants His people to walk in wisdom so they don't have to fall into misery and pain before they come to their senses, which may sometimes come too late. It is better to live wisely and not need continuous miracles, than to live foolishly and always need a miracle to get out of trouble.
— Joyce Meyer
So many people ruin relationships and they ruin their ministry and show that they are not yet qualified for the leadership they want to be in when they dofoolish things. One of the most foolish things you can do is think you are anointed to tell everybody else what they are supposed to do. In
— Joyce Meyer
we would get still long enough to let that wisdom rise and minister to our minds, we wouldn't do so many foolish things. Too many times, we react through our emotions and we don't pay any attention to the wisdom in our hearts.
— Joyce Meyer