“The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do”

Interview with Sacha Baron Cohen (as Ali G), on Da Ali G Show
2000s

"The Idolatry of Politics", U.S. Jefferson Lecture speech (1986)

Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Source: Rule 34 (2011), Chapter 16, “Liz: Mote, Eye, Redux” (p. 177)

We know to tell many fictions like to truths, and we know, when we will, to speak what is true.
We know how to tell many lies that pass for truth, and we know, when we wish, to tell the truth itself.
Source: The Theogony (c. 700 BC), lines 27–28. Variant translations:

The Good Terrorist (1985)

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 84

Fundamental Education