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Foolishness Quotes (page 17)

I have my own way to walk and for some reason or other Zen is right in the middle of it wherever I go. So there it is, with all its beautiful purposelessness, and it has become very familiar to me though I do not know "what it is." Or even if it is an "it." Not to be foolish and multiply words, I'll say simply that it seems to me that Zen is the very atmosphere of the Gospels, and the Gospels are bursting with it. It is the proper climate for any monk, no matter what kind of monk he may... Thomas Merton
To love women. To pleasure them, to make them laugh. To be foolish for them. To protect them. To respect them. To listen to them. They are life-givers. To live is to love them. Pete Hamill
Salman Rushdie quote: "It is all for love. Which is a wonderful and dashing matter...."
It is all for love. Which is a wonderful and dashing matter. But which can also be a very foolish thing. Salman Rushdie
We're all so dreadfully tired of being goddesses. For centuries foolish men have set us up on a pedestal and vowed they were unworthy to touch the hem of our garments. And it is so dull. W. Somerset Maugham
Oscar Wilde quote: "LORD GORING: (after a long pause) Nobody is incapable of doing..."
LORD GORING: (after a long pause) Nobody is incapable of doing a foolish thing. Nobody is incapable of doing a wrong thing. Oscar Wilde
You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses. . . I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death? if you aren't as big a bunch of... J. K. Rowling
I felt foolish and tired, as if I had been running to escape someone chasing me, only to look behind to discover there was no one there. Amy Tan
Being a woman is a fate Sabina did not choose. What we have not chosen we cannot consider either to our merit or our failure. Sabina believed that she had to assume to correct attitude to her unchosen faith. To rebel against being born a woman seemed as foolish to her as taking pride in it. Milan Kundera
To a man born without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish. You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous. John Steinbeck
Because,' Cormery went on, 'when I was very young, very foolish, and very much alone ... you paid attention to me and, without seeming to, you opened for me the door to everything I love in the world. Albert Camus
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day.? 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.'? Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was... Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dearest Cecilia, You’d be forgiven for thinking me mad, the way I acted this afternoon. The truth is I feel rather light headed and foolish in your presence, Cee, and I don’t think I can blame the heat. Ian Mcewan
Anton Chekhov quote: "Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and..."
Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life. Anton Chekhov
Idries Shah quote: "What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly..."
What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness. Idries Shah
Igor Stravinsky quote: "Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it..."
Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right. Igor Stravinsky

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