Thursday, June 4, 2009

Thoughtful Thursday

"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
- Oscar Wilde

"We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence."
- Luc de Clapiers de Vanvenargues

"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."
- Alert von Szent-Gyorgyi

"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract."
- Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.

"A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping."
- Kenneth Tynan

"The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses."
- Edith Sodergran

"I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end."
- Margaret Thatcher

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