#stupidity

"He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more."

"She avoids deep thought like an empty restaurant, not out of stupidity, but a canny resolve to be happy."

"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."

"Intelligence minus purpose equals stupidity."

"Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions."

"When you look at the past without God’s eyes, you subject yourself to deception. The past no longer exists and God doesn’t linger there. However, Satan will show you whatever you want to see and believe, so you will be trapped in an emotion that cannot communicate truth, beyond what you want to remember."

"If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards!"

"I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity."

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

"Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results."

"Caius was one of those who gloried in his ignorance, called his lack of letters purity, scorned any subtlety of thought or expression. A man for his time, indeed."

"How can you fight stupidity effectively? The answer is simple: it’s not easy."

"We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid."

"[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth."

"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"

"To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness - though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless."

"Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves."

"Incredibly intelligent people always seem odd to those who are not as sharp."

"That was horrible. Horrible. That poor little guy."Pex was unrepentant. "Yeah, well, he asked for it. Calling us ... all those things."But---buried alive! That's like in that horror movie. Y'know -- the one with all the horror."I think I saw that one. With all the words going up on the screen at the end?"Yeah, that was it. Tell you the truth, those words kinda ruined it for me."

"If there were a master of stupidity in this world, I would really love to listen to his success story."