The best Quotes by Walter Lippmann

The best Quotes by Walter Lippmann

Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 – December 14, 1974) was an American writer, reporter, and political commentator.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.
The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.
Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.
What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.

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Wisdom is the offspring of suffering and time.
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One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.
There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.
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To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom.
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
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There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
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Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Albert Einstein - Brief, 22. März 1944
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The older I get, the more I realize that age doesn't bring wisdom.
John Teller in Sons Of Anarchy - Season 1 Episode 6
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The beginning of wisdom's always showing respect for wisdom.
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Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.
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I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that!
Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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He who is deaf, blind and silent, lives a thousand years in peace.
None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.
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Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
Joe Biden - März 2024
What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.
During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.
For 45 years I've worked without an audience.

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