Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life's continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role, but we cannot abjure it. We may not be suited to it, but here we are.
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Stephen Jay Gould
Any intelligent person knows that life is a beautiful thing and that the purpose of life is to be happy, " said my father as he watched the three beauties. "But it seems only idiots are ever happy. How can we explain this?
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Orhan Pamuk
He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.
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P.g. Wodehouse
Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm's Thermonuclear League of Liberty. Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I'm not dumb. I...
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Bill Watterson
More Quotes By Idries Shah
In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.
One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...
Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.
SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence.
It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm.
