Wisdom and Ignorance

Thinking is the soul talking to itself.

Plato, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

Plato, in Wisdom and Ignorance

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

Alexander Pope, (from Golden Treasury of the Familiar), in Wisdom and Ignorance

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Colin Powell, in Wisdom and Ignorance

People who don't think probably don't have brains; rather, they have grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake.

Joan Powers, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, in Wisdom and Ignorance

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

Joan Powers, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, in Wisdom and Ignorance

They talk most who have the least to say.

Mathew Prior, in Wisdom and Ignorance

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Marcel Proust, in Wisdom and Ignorance