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.

Wisdom Taubheit

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.

Isaac Asimov

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Knowledge Society Science Wisdom

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

Bill Clinton

Strength Wisdom

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

Kenny Rogers

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To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Marilyn vos Savant

Knowledge Wisdom

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Baltasar Gracián

It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom.

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.

Intelligence Wisdom

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Francis Bacon

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There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

Charles Dickens

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Wisdom Mind vs. Heart

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Jimi Hendrix

Being Silent Knowledge Talking Wisdom

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.

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The beginning of wisdom's always showing respect for wisdom.

Alexander Herzen

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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.

Martin Luther King

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Love Hatred Wisdom

He who is deaf, blind and silent, lives a thousand years in peace.

Indifference Blindness Taubheit

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

Matthew Henry

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Blindness Ignorance Hearing & Listening Taubheit

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Blindness Kindness Taubheit

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

James Comey

I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

Kash Patel - Januar 2025

The Epstein Files

Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us.

James Comey

There are well over 250 victims, so we have to make sure that their identity is protected. Other than that, I think tomorrow you're gonna see some Epstein information being released by my office. What you're gonna see is a lot of flight-logs, a lot of names, a lot of information.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

James Comey

It's sitting on my desk right now to review. The Trump administration is committed to truth and transparency.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

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