B. J. Armstrong Quotes

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

A wise man's question contains half the answer.

The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.

What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Knowledge, may it be said, is higher than magic and is more to be sought. It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what is forward, for while seeing is believing, it does not follow that either seeing or believing is knowing.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

'Tis folly to be wise.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths or to reject absurdities and palpable contradictions.

Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer.

An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing. Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power. Experience is tolerance; but tolerance, when it is induced by apathy, is not in the least a virtue.