#fool

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#gandalf #reductionism #wisdom #wisdom

He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder. ↗

— Tad Williams

#foolish #wisdom #wonder #wise

So-called intellectuals conceptualize love; fools just love. Fools breathe air; intellectuals (so called) breathe ego. ↗

— Saurabh Sharma

#fools #humor #intellectuals-inspiration #love #motivation

Ah, Catylast, can it be that you do not see all the changes you have made? Some by your resignation and acceptance of circumstance, some by your wild struggles. You say that you hate change, but you *are* change. The Fool in Fool's Fate ↗

— Robin Hobb

#catalyst #robin-hobb #the-fool #change

I was a fool for love, I was a fool. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#heartthrob #i-was-a-fool #i-was-a-fool-for-love #lyrics #quote

For a more than miffed Midnight, fate was for emperors, fools and soppy lovers: - fate was the self-important egotism of those doing well, the sheer unbearable arrogance of the living and loved. ↗

— Tom Conrad

#arrogance #chance #destiny #fate #fools

Maybe he loves her. Maybe he wishes to have her forever, maybe he wishes that she could be his bride. Even then he might lose much to be with her-his properties, his position. But next to his love for her, what meaning do they have? He would be a fool to treasure dead gold more then a live heart. ↗

— John Speed

#love

The heart fools the mind, where eyes went deaf to words, that fell on blinded ears to easy to fall in love. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#ears #eyes #foolish #heart #mind

When I was foolish, I detested sagacity. I ate the fruits of my foolishness and ignorance. I thank God because I was once foolish. It was from my foolishness that I learnt and understood the true savour of sagacity. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#ignorance #inspirational #sagacity #inspirational

What would have been the fate of sages if there were no fools? ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#humor #inspirational #sage #inspirational