Best fool & this-world Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“. . . the fools of this world prefer to look for sages far away. They don't believe that the wisdom of their own mind is the sage . . . the sutras say, "Mind is the teaching." But people of no understanding don't believe in their own mind or that by understanding this teaching they can become a sage. They prefer to look for distant knowledge and long for things in space, buddha-images, light, incense, and colors. They fall prey to falsehood and lose their minds to insanity.”

People World Mind Believe Looks Long Light Fall Belief Understanding Loses Space Teaching This World Color Fool Don't Believe Insanity Far Away Falsehood Sage Prey Incense

Author:Bodhidharma

“There are four kinds of people in this world: cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics.”

People World Kind Four This World Fool Moron Pendulums

Book:Foucault's Pendulum

Source: Foucault's Pendulum

“A disciple, in his reverence for the Master, looked upon him as God incarnate. "Tell me, O Master," he said, "why you have come into this world." "To teach fools like you to stop wasting their time worshiping Masters.”

World Said Teach This World Masters Like You Fool Reverence Disciple

Author:Anthony de Mello

“What is this world?--A term which men have got, To signify not one in ten knows what; A term, which with no more precision passes To point out herds of men than herds of asses; In common use no more it means, we find, Than many fools in same opinions joined.”

Knows Men World Mean Use Term Common Opinion This World Fool Ten Ass Herds Precision

Book:The poetical works of Charles Churchill: with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes / by the Rev. George Gilfillan

Source: The poetical works of Charles Churchill: with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes / by the Rev. George Gilfillan

“There are three kinds of fools in this world, fools proper, educated fools and rich fools. The world persists because of the folly of these fools.”

World Kind Three Rich This World Fool Educated Folly Persist Educated Fools

Author:Narayanananda Swami.

“The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.”

World Trouble This World Fool Wicked Miscellaneous

Author:Josh Billings

“Oh, welcome to this world of fools, of pink champagne and swimming pools, where all you have to lose is your virginity. Perhaps you'll have some fun tonight, just stick around and take a bite, of life. We don't need feebleness in this proximity.”

World Life Needs Fun Loses This World Fool Sticks Welcome Tonight Bites Swimming Pool Champagne Virginity Proximity Swimming Pool

Author:Les Claypool

“Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it be after his heart. But the intelligent man is he who can convert every work into one that suits his taste. No work is petty. Everything in this world is like a banyan seed, which, though appearing tiny as a mustard seed, has yet the gigantic banyan tree latent with it. He indeed is intelligent who notices this and succeeds in making all work truly great.”

Ifs Men World Heart Tree This World Fool Taste Succeed Tasks Intelligent Accomplish Seeds Tiny Suits Petty Appearing Latent Intelligent Man Mustard Mustard Seed

Book:Personality Development

Source: Personality Development

“When a real genius appeares in this world, you'll know him by the fact that all the fools have allied against him.”

Knows World Real Facts This World Fool Genius Real Genius

Author:Jonathan Swift

“The Bible is the book that makes fools of the wise of this world; it is only understood by the plain and simple hearted.”

World Book Simple Wise This World Fool Understood Hearted Plain And Simple

Author:Martin Luther

“There is nothing in this world that I am prouder of than my ability to feel, to survive and, yes, to be a fool for what I love and believe in.”

World Feels Believe Ability This World Fool

Author:Jodie Foster

“Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.”

World Humor Funny Fun Comedy This World Fool Profit Foolish Foolishness Fooled Pranks Humourous Fools And Foolishness Fools And Wise Fools Day

Author:Josh Billings

“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”

“I thought as much. Miss Murray, though I am a beast, do not think that I am stupid. I know that I am hideous and hateful. I am not loved, nor ever hope to be. Nor am I fool enough to think that what I feel for you is love. But in this world, alone, I do not hate you. And alone in this world, you do not hate me.”

Thinking Knows World Feels Enough Hate Missing Stupid This World Fool Beast Hate You Hateful Hideous Hate Me

Author:Alan Moore

“We didn't Make this World we're just the Poor Fools who are living in it.”

World Poor This World Fool

Author:Michael Grant

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