When we talked about Socrates, we saw how dangerous it could be to appeal to people's reason. With Jesus we see how dangerous it can be to demand unconditional forgiveness. Even in the world of today, we can see how mighty powers can come apart at the seams when confronted with simple demands for peace, love, food for the poor, and amnesty for the enemies of the state.
Jostein GaarderAs long as we are children, we have the ability to experience things around us--but then we grow used to the world. To grow up is to get drunk on sensory experience.
Jostein GaarderWhat Plato was really asking was perhaps why a horse was a horse, and not, for example, a cross between a horse and a pig.
Jostein GaarderThe stupidest thing she knew was for people to act like they knew all about the things they knew absolutely nothing about.
Jostein Gaarder