Thinking Quotes

There are two types of people; some only tell half of what they know, others only know half of what they tell.

— Unknown

Men are four:
He who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool – shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not, he is simple – teach him.
He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep – wake him.
He who knows and knows he knows, he is wise – follow him!

— Arabic Apothegm, Unkown

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

— William James, Dan Boliek

Spend your money on expensive books and you will get their worth in golden knowledge.

— Ben Shlomo Immanuel

14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

— Proverbs 15:14 (NKJV)

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

— Proverbs 1:7 (NKJV)

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.

— Paul Ricoeur

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

— Thomas Jefferson

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.

— Josh Billings

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

— Victor Hugo

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.

— Douglas Adams

Humor is something that thrives between man’s aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

— Victor Borge

It is impossible to make something out of nothing, therefore, we do not exist.

— Dan Boliek, Me

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