Quotes About Foolishness

The worst thing about proverbs and quotations is that the fools make no use of them.

You will find many to like you if you keep making a fool of yourself.

Your tongue is more foolish than you but your ears are wiser than you.

The Bible does not contrast between the native human abilities of the Christians and the non-Christians; rather, it makes a contrast between man's abilities and God's abilities – between human power and divine power, the wisdom of man and the wisdom of God. When these are pitted again each other, there is no contest, "For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.

the Bible teaches that all non-Christians are foolish and futile, stupid and sinful. At best, their ideas are wise only according to human standards; that is, they appear to be wise only when they approve themselves, and when they judge themselves by their own stupid and sinful standards.

Christians should not let the world convince them that it is foolish to believe in God or to obey his commands.

The Bible is aware that there are those who deny God, and it says that they are stupid people. The non-Christian is a fool.

The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God'" (Psalm 14:1). The

Even the least of the Christians are better off than the non-Christians. Sinners are too foolish to realize this.

as Paul puts it, "The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Corinthians 2:14).

Their minds are so feeble and blinded that they cannot perceive or understand true wisdom.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate." Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

The simple minded know many things that the wise ignore

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

Anything too stupid to be said is sung.

Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump!

I have been played at being a HERO. But I could not bear how FOOLISH I felt every time I spared someone who was determined to kill me." -Elektra (Elektra #1, page 4)

Then there is the man who drowned crossing a stream with an average depth of six inches.

Ignorance and confidence are constant companions

Stupidity is letting your pride rob you of God's blessings.

You need the courage to seem foolish and to fail.

I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.