Josiah Warren Quotes

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.

To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.

In general, scientific progress calls for no more than the absorption and elaboration of new ideas- and this is a call most scientists are happy to heed.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

There is plenty of time to argue with new ideas later. They key is to take careful notes first and debate second.

The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.

Those who are slow to know suppose that slowness is the essence of knowledge.

Original thinking migrates each day in search of nourishment.

Man is fatally slow on the uptake; it always takes him until the next generation to understand what's going on.

This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in; those who have read of everything, are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind , and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections:;; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment.

Don't mess with me, Calvin. You'll only get hurt.

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.

If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.

The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, an encounter, a talk on the street, a book, a phrase learned.

I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things.

Living safely is dangerous.

It is well for people who think, to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean.

My point is not that everything is bad, but that everything is dangerous, which is not exactly the same as bad.

We are told, that the black bear is innocent; but I should not like to trust myself with him.

I love what I'm doing, I love creating new things.

We must take the abiding spiritual values which inhere in the deep experiences of religion in all ages and give them new expression in terms of the framework which our new knowledge gives us. Science forces religion to deal with new ideas in the theoretical realm and new forces in the practical realm.

All I want to be is, someone that makes, new things and, thinks about them.

If you pursue enrichment and growth, you must increase your references by pursuing ideas and experiences that wouldn't be a part of your life if you didn't consciously seek them out.

At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find the inner motivation to search for new ideas on your own. With any luck at all, you’ll never need to take an idea and squeeze a punchline out of it, but as bright, creative people, you’ll be called upon to generate ideas and solutions all your lives. Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a number of new ideas and opinions. You have got a sort of smattering of recent discoveries in various fields - discoveries that seem to overthrow certain principles which have hitherto been held impregnable and unassailable. But all this has only been a matter of intellect, Miss West - superficial acquisition. It has not passed into your blood.