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Quotations

I have always been intrigued by quotes. I like to collect them. Quotes are my snippets of inspiration.

As a reader, you may find a particular quote I found interesting posted here. These quotes may be a collection of words that made me think, made me ponder their obvious meaning, or  perhaps a meaning that is not so obvious.

The written word can be ambiguous in comparison to the spoken word. Each can be quoted. Each can carry a tone or connotation built on the inflections found in the speaker’s voice. A voice that can jump off the page at you or ring clearly in your ears. One as powerful as the other.

What is your favorite quote?

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Why Reply

I believe one should be forthcoming with reasoned answers to respectful questions. Time may be of the essence, but that does not preclude appropriate communication.

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Ideals and Ideas

I found these quotes at essentially the same time and an interesting thought came to mind.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo

Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.
Paul Eldridge

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.
Robertson Davies

The wisdom of a society is found in its ideals and its folly found in its ideas.

What are you willing to bring forward?

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The Four States of Knowledge

The four states of knowledge can be summed up with:

1) You know what you know.
2) You know what you don’t know.
3) You don’t know what you know.
4) You don’t know what you don’t know.

How often are you asked a question that falls into the fourth state of knowledge?