wisdom

"I say this as an opponent of nuclear power, if I had my way, we would close down every nuclear power plant in this country as soon as we could, safely, but the problem is we have low-level waste. And …"

"Well, I think I should say before I say that, my understanding is that Senator Sanders now supports H.R. 40. I think that’s where we are now. So I’m obviously pretty pleased about that."

"If we keep raising carbon dioxide levels, we may not be able to think straight anymore. At a thousand parts per million , human cognitive ability falls 21 percent. “The largest effects were seen for C…"

"Æschylus is above all things the poet of righteousness. "But in any wise, I say unto thee, revere thou the altar of righteousness": this is the crowning admonition of his doctrine, as its crowning pro…"

"Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway."

"The pilgrims were human beings. Otherwise they would have acted differently. They had come a long and difficult journey, and now when the journey was nearly finished, and they learned that the main th…"

"It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom."

"Seeming wise men may make shift to get opinion; but let no man choose them for employment; for certainly you were better take for business, a man somewhat absurd, than over-formal."

"All great sages are as despotic as generals, and as ungracious and indelicate as generals, because they are confident of their impunity."

"Although I am not a member of any denomination, I do believe that there is something greater than man. Some call it God, others call it something else. For me, it's about understanding that we humans …"

"We are not to judge individuals hastily on account of social mischiefs, that may be due to them as a body, through their holding of a position inherited from their forefathers, the whole nature of whi…"

"I like a thing simple but it must be simple through complication. Everything must come into your scheme, otherwise you cannot achieve real simplicity."

"I think we should see whether we are wise trying to educate everybody to a high standard the way we are trying to do now. There has to be a high level of education so everybody is literate, but whethe…"

"I am angry that people are sold a message of second chances and forgiveness that allows toxic and narcissistic people to continue to do cruel things and say cruel things with impunity."

"The misunderstandings have seemed to come from comparing fluxus with movements or groups whose individuals ‘have had some principle in common, or an agreed-upon program. In fluxus there has never been…"

"Men always talk about the most important things to total strangers. It is because in the total stranger we perceive man himself; the image of God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts…"

"The second level of legitimation contains theoretical propositions in a rudimentary form. Here may be found various explanatory schemes relating sets of objective meanings. These schemes are highly pr…"

"There is a difference between not understanding and being willfully obtuse."

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

"I tend not to say much on the phone now. If I leave a message, it's benign. You edit yourself according to the new circumstances of the new world. I think it would be quite good to get some sort of la…"