Thomas W. Moore quotes

“Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.”
-- Thomas W. Moore

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“Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities-that's training or instruction-but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed.”
-- Thomas W. Moore

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“As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.”

“It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual prerequisites of architectural appreciation. We might, quite aside from all other requirements, need to be a little sad before buildings can properly touch us.”

“I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them.”

“Comedy is ugly. It's honest, it's raw.”

“Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them”

“When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious.”

“The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you've solved the mystery.”

“The truth is in the mystery.”

“I don't think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare. It keeps it more of a surprise. I don't feel like it has to be a mystery.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. August 2, 2006.

“It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we dimly perceive, and to try humbly to comprehend an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature.”