
“It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.”
Source: 1960s, Strength to Love (1963), Ch. 4 : Love in action, Sct. 3
“It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.”
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice.”
The Bonhoeffer Reader https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bonhoeffer_Reader/CNZgAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA766, p. 766
Letters and Papers from Prison (1967; 1997), On Stupidity
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”
“There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.”
Existencilism (2002)
Guardian Camwar, in Ch. 4 : the cooper<!-- p. 42 -->
Source: The Visitor (2002)
Context: You asked for wisdom? Hear these words. Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.
“There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.”
Source: The 48 Laws of Power
“There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.”
“The one thing that is more dangerous than true ignorance is the illusion of understanding.”
Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 57, “Becoming Philosophical” (p. 226)
“Nothing matters if we aren't safe… The world has never been more dangerous than it is today.”
As quoted in "America's Next Top Fearmonger: The presidential candidates compete to scare the daylights out of the U.S. public." http://nationalinterest.org/feature/america%E2%80%99s-next-top-fearmonger-12954 (22 May 2015), by Robert Golan-Vilella, National Interest.
2010s, 2015