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The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.
It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.
Gross ignorance: 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
Gross ignorance: 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to read more
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night read more
The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si read more
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami;
Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today
If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
