This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Only two things are infinite the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former.
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
Just as you discover that stupidity and cruelty are the same everywhere, you find that the essential elements of humanism are the same everywhere, too.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin; the victim can't help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.
Crime | Death | Education | Money | Pity | Sin | Stupidity | Victim |
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
There are many paths to knowledge already discovered; and no enlightened man doubts that there are many more waiting to be discovered. Indeed, all paths lead to knowledge; because even the vilest and stupidest action teaches us something about vileness and stupidity and may accidentally teach us a good deal more.
Action | Good | Knowledge | Man | Stupidity | Teach | Waiting |
There are lone figures armed only with ideas, sometimes with just one idea, who blast away whole epochs in which we are enwrapped like mummies. Some are powerful enough to resurrect the dead. Some steal on us unawares and put a spell over us which it takes centuries to throw off. Some put a curse on us, for our stupidity and inertia, and then it seems as if God himself were unable to lift it.