Foolishness pours out of
Foolishness pours out of an open mouth…. but wisdom sneaks in through the ears. Gail Z. Martin
Foolishness
She knew that it
She knew that it would not be easy to submit to his miserliness, or the foolishness of his premature appearance of age, or his maniacal sense of order, or his eagerness to as for everything and give nothing at all in return, but despite all this, no man was better company because no other man … Read more
Conscious faith is freedom.
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness. G. I. Gurdjieff
Ah, I have kept
Ah, I have kept Him waiting when I ought not, but He has waited even then. Always waiting – so patient with my foolishness, my weakness, my fear. Our fellowship is with God, and fellowship is friendship, and friendship means that partnership which, on His part, is the accommodating of His strength to my weakness. … Read more
Many of us have
Many of us have a tendency to forget the Gracious Hand which has preserved our nation, enriched it, strengthened it. Many of us imagine in the foolishness of pride, that our manifold blessings are due not to God’s goodness, but to our own wisdom and virtue. Too many of us have been so drunk with … Read more
Any damn fool can
Any damn fool can be spontaneous. Ezra Pound
To the fool, he
To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish. Euripides
To the ignorant, even
To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness. Euripides
To live is to
To live is to play at the meaning of life…The upshot of this . . . is that it teaches us once and for all that childlike foolishness is the calling of mature men. Ernest Becker
The fool’s life is
The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future. Epicurus