Harold Kushner Quotes

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

And I have again observed, my dear friend, in this trifling affair, that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent occurrence.

Misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.

The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots.

In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

The system isn't stupid, but the people in it are.

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

We are the greatest computers in this world, but now we've created the smart phone which is smarter than us now, but we're still making dumb decisions. We have given our creations more power than we have, and that to me is dumb.

If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it.

I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man.

Proper stupidity is fascinating.

I like people that are real people. Real people are broad; they make mistakes.

Unfortunately, some of our greatest tribulations are the result of our own foolishness and weakness and occur because of our own carelessness or transgression.

To expect this larger-than-life, holier-than-thou sort of existence from us is not possible. We as much want to make our own mistake as a man does.

Stupidity without malice isn't horrible; some people can't help it.

We're such imperfect beings. I think that's more often the case than not.

We need to remember we're always a lot more wrong than we think.

No man, no woman is without their flaws.

Aren't all people flawed?

It's not the things you don't know that trip you up. It's the things you think you know, but you don't. You fail to ask a certain question because you believe you know the answer. Separating your information from your assumptions can be very tricky business.

For better or worse, I am as fascinated with human flaws as anything.

Everyone has blind spots, and even the brightest people are no exceptions.