There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest read more

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by read more

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Mahfouz.

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
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Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
and things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art; to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far read more

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.