Aiden Wilson Tozer Quotes

She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what God is Doing, [writes Bokonon].

He is also wary of people who think they know the path.

It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.

I could never accept findings based almost exclusively on mathematics. It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so.

Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do.

I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.

The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool.

What has always surprised me when I walk into a bookstore is the number of books that you can find that are written with certainty. The authors tell some story as though it's true, but they don't have any evidence that it is true!

I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional.

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

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong.

He doubts nothing who knows nothing.

The greatest enemy of progress is the illusion of knowledge.

I fell for my own hype. I had too many people saying I couldn't be beat, and I actually fell for it.

There is a danger in believing your own hype.

I've always been surprised at the number of people who think we've got it all figured out. It's incorrect, and it's a real problem.

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone

If we have not found heaven within, it is a certainty we will not find it without.

Between believing a thing and thinking you KNOW is only a small step and quickly taken.

The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to the unknowable. The man who bows in that final direction is either a saint or a fool. I have no use for either.

Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.

He who believes needs no explanation.

You stopped looking for the truth...I'd guess that's a sin we've all been guilty of.