"Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous...." - Quote by Confucius
Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.
More by Confucius
“If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.”
“The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.”
“If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.”
More on Learning
“The first time a student realizes that a little learning is a dangerous thing is when he brings home a poor report card.”
“The one to distrust is the person who never makes a mistake, never commits a blunder, never fails in what he tries to do. Either he is a phony, or he stays with the safe, the tried and the trivial.”
“I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history. The purpose of history is to learn how human beings react when exposed to the danger of wounds or death.”
More on Thought
“Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.”
“But like infection is the petty thought: it creeps and hides, and wants to be nowhere--until the whole body is decayed and withered by the petty infection... Thus spoke Zarathustra.”
“I like to have space to spread my mind out in.”