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“During the flames of controversy, opinions, mass disputes, conflict, and world news, sometimes the most precious, refreshing, peaceful words to hear amidst all the chaos are simply and humbly 'I don't know.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: activist, argument, arrogance, chaos, communication, conflict, controversy, deceit, disagreement, dispute, falsehood, freedom, freedom-of-speech, gossip, honesty, humility, information, know-it-all, know-it-alls, libel, lies, media, misinformation, news, noise, not-knowing, pandemonium, peace, precious, press, pride, propaganda, protest, refreshing, riot, serenity, silence, simplicity, slander, speech, tranquility, uncertainty, war, wisdom, world

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“A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.”
― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

tags: answers, arrogance, blurred, clarity, cockiness, influence, solid

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“Any man who behaves arrogantly with what little he knows, or claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing. Real greatness does not reside inside those who feel large. The truly wise are meek.”
― Suzy Kassem

tags: arrogance, arrogant, confidence, greatness, large, meek, meekness, strength, suzy-kassem, wisdom, wise, wisesuzy-ka

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“Ignorance paired with arrogance (naïveté) is logical, but arrogance paired with awareness (ego) is toxic.”
― Richie Norton

tags: arrogance, aware, awareness, education, ego, ignorance, logical, naive, naivete, pair, paired, smart, steward, toxic, wise

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“If the worst thing a physicist could say about a statement is that it was “false,” the best thing he could say is that it was “interesting.”
― Dexter Palmer, Version Control

tags: arrogance, physicist

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