Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself.
–Arthur Conan Doyle
The mediocre always feel as if they’re fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.
–Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
‘Elitism’ is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
-Sydney J. Harris
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
–Robert G. Ingersoll
Mediocrity is excellence to the mediocre.
–Joseph Joubert
Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.
–Saul bellow
Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.
–William Gaddis
You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass.
–John Buchan
When hope is taken away from a people, moral degeneration follows swiftly after.
–Pearl Buck
There is no darkness but ignorance.
–William Shakespeare
To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
–John Buchan (no longer followed or practised)
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought–that is to be educated. (agendas rather than ideas are the order of the day in schools and post-secondary)
–Edith Hamilton
The love of money is the root of all evil.
–The Bible
The price we have to pay for money is paid in liberty.
–Robert Louis Stevenson
Money often costs too much.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
Technology…is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand and it stabs you in the back with the other.
–C.P. Snow