“Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in beauty as well as ugliness, fantasy as well as common sense. Art levels souls and baffles brains. Art softens pain because it is pain. Art gives joy because it is joy.” GivingWellsArtSoulEndsPainJoyCoursesLevelsCommonBrainKnownFantasyDevelopmentArt IsProfessionPersonal DevelopmentPursuitCommon SenseUglinessDiploma Author:Robert Genn
“If a spiritual teacher says something that doesn't make sense to you, you should always listen to yourself and not the teacher. A little common sense would end all cults.” IfsShouldLittlesEndsSpiritualCommonTeacherCommon SenseMake SenseEnlightenedCultListen To YourselfSpiritual Teachers Author:Frederick Lenz
“A lack of common sense usually ends in some heroic feat, much like the soldier who dives onto the grenade so that others may live.” MayEndsCommonSoldierCommon SenseHeroicFeatsGrenadeLack Of Common Sense Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“For liberals, the observation that 'the peasants are revolting' is a pun. For conservatives, it is cause for uncharacteristic optimism. No matter how far the ideological pendulum swings in the short term, in the end the bedrock common sense of the American people will prevail.” PeopleEndsMatterCausesTermCommonOptimismCommon SenseObservationSwingsShort TermPeasantsIdeologicalPunBedrockPendulums Author:Charles Krauthammer
“It's not right to respond to terrorism by terrorizing other people. And furthermore, it's not going to help. Then you might say, "Yes, it's terrorizing people, but it's worth doing because it will end terrorism." But how much common sense does it take to know that you cannot end terrorism by indiscriminately dropping bombs?” PeopleKnowsDoeEndsHelpingMightCommonTerrorismCommon SenseBombsDroppingDropping Bombs Book:Terrorism and War Source: Terrorism and War