WIST QuotationsMar 16

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

We are stubborn because we are narrow-minded; it is hard to believe what is beyond the scope of our vision.
 
[La petitesse de l’esprit fait l’opiniâtreté, et nous ne croyons pas aisément ce qui est au delà de ce que nous voyons.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶265 (1665-1678) [tr. Heard (1917), ¶273]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

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La Rochefoucauld, Francois - Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶265 (1665-1678) [tr. Heard (1917), ¶273] | WIST Quotations

We are stubborn because we are narrow-minded; it is hard to believe what is beyond the scope of our vision. [La petitesse de l’esprit fait l’opiniâtreté, et nous ne croyons pas aisément ce qui est au delà de ce que nous voyons.] This maxim was in the 1st (1665) edition…

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WIST QuotationsMar 11

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Neither acquiescence in skepticism nor acquiescence in dogma is what education should produce. What it should produce is a belief that knowledge is attainable in a measure, though with difficulty; that much of what passes for knowledge at any given time is likely to be more or less mistaken, but that the mistakes can be rectified by care and industry. In acting upon our beliefs, we should be very cautious where a small error would mean disaster; nevertheless it is upon our beliefs that we must act. This state of mind is rather difficult: it requires a high degree of intellectual culture without emotional atrophy. But though difficult it is not impossible; it is in fact the scientific temper. Knowledge, like other good things, is difficult, but not impossible; the dogmatist forgets the difficulty, the skeptic denies the possibility. Both are mistaken, and their errors, when wide-spread, produce social disaster.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 2 “The Aims of Education” (1926)

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Russell, Bertrand - Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 2 "The Aims of Education" (1926) | WIST Quotations

Neither acquiescence in skepticism nor acquiescence in dogma is what education should produce. What it should produce is a belief that knowledge is attainable in a measure, though with difficulty; that much of what passes for knowledge at any given time is likely to be more or less mistaken, but…

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Magnus NilssonMar 8

Georg Lukács (eller, György Lukács, som han egentligen hette) liv var högintressant. Han började som nykantiansk estet och slutade som hegeliansk litteraturteoretiker. Och däremellan hann han bland annat med att vara förfäktare av den ”socialistiska realismen”.

https://blog.zaramis.se/2026/03/08/den-marklige-georg-lukacs/
Den märklige Georg Lukács - Svenssons Nyheter

Georg Lukács (eller, György Lukács, som han egentligen hette) liv var högintressant. Han började som nykantiansk estet och

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R.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 12

New #blog #post: Book mini-review: Gulliver's Fugitives by Keith Sharee

https://rldane.space/book-mini-review-gullivers-fugitives-by-keith-sharee.html

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Book mini-review: "Gulliver's Fugitives" by Keith Sharee

YahooeyFeb 3

“Anyone who maintains absolute standards of good and evil is dangerous. As dangerous as a maniac with a loaded revolver. In fact, the person who maintains absolute standards of good and evil usually is the maniac with the revolver.” — Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All
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https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/quote-of-the-day-5420/

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WIST QuotationsJan 24

A quotation from Peter Ustinov

I think that it’s an honorable thing to change your mind occasionally. I don’t think it’s a sign of weakness or lack of integrity. I believe men are united by their doubts and separated by their convictions. Therefore, it’s a very good thing to have doubts. Doubts are the greatest spur to activity that I know of.

Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) English actor, author, director
Interview (1995-06-22) by Warren Allen Smith, Free Inquiry Magazine

More about this quote: wist.info/ustinov-peter/81635/

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Ustinov, Peter - Interview (1995-06-22) by Warren Allen Smith, Free Inquiry Magazine | WIST Quotations

I think that it's an honorable thing to change your mind occasionally. I don't think it's a sign of weakness or lack of integrity. I believe men are united by their doubts and separated by their convictions. Therefore, it's a very good thing to have doubts. Doubts are the greatest…

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Polly KraisusJun 2, 2025
@emma that was an excellent watch, thank you! Will definitely check out more of her videos.
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WIST Quotations Has Moved!May 29, 2025

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. Self-deception, credulity, and charlatanism are somehow linked together.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 83 (1955)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/16699/

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Mar 26, 2025

A quotation from Voltaire

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
 
[Le doute n’est pas une état bien agréable, mais l’assurance est un état ridicule.]

Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
Letter (1770-11-28) to Frederick William, Prince of Prussia [tr. Tallentyre (1919)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/voltaire/4016/

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Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 30, 2024

Comments [thread: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112815779242384993 ]

* QAnon: proto-religion based on belief, conspiracies, dogma, evangelicalism
* 2020s U.S. Republican Party - allied with QAnon - has metastasized into a proto-religion
* behind the scenes Christian right/libertarian billionaires pull the strings.

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