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Common sense describes a native knack for reason and sound judgment. It combines thoughtful consideration with accumulated experience. The concept of common sense suggests that people have a body of shared, unwritten knowledge that allow us to function successfully even in the absence of formal advisers or education.


When we access our common sense, we find a trove of valuable practical information that helps guide our choices and actions. Common sense answers aren't always right answers, but usually common sense serves the common good.

Common Sense


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It is better for the blind man to see than a seen person who is blind.SOMETIMES...you see better when your eyes closed.

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I didnt say it was unjustified, I said it was foolish

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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

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Abraham Lincoln
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If common sense were a reliable guide, we wouldn't need science.

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New Scientist
Page 23
Volume: 2697
http://www.newscientist.com/issue/2697
Contribution #3813


Instead of trying to cover the whole world with leather, put on some sandals.

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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

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The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

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Modern Mechanics and Inventions. July, 1934
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Nothing hurts a duck but its bill.

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In this holiday season let us remember that kindness, charity and goodwill transcend belief, creed or religion. Happy Holidays"

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Approved sign posted on the Washington State Capitol grounds
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I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. — Jonathan Swift (Thoughts on Religion (1786))

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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - Third Edition
by Oxford University Press
Page 527 - #6
Published by Same as above? , USA , 1980
http://?
Contribution #3657


I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

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Liberation Ecology
by Frances Moore Lappe
Page 115
http://
Contribution #3656


Parenting: Affection without sentiment, authority without cruelty, discipline without aggression, humor without ridicule, sacrifice without obligation, companionship without possessiveness.

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Parenting Quotes
William E. Blatz
http://www.great-inspirational-quotes.com/parenting-quotes.html
Viewed on November 24, 2009
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He who angers you conquers you.

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thinkexist
Elizabeth Kenny
http://thinkexist.com/.../he_who_angers_you_conquers_you/204255.html -
Viewed on August 17, 2009
Contribution #3444


The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

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If the village elders don't provide the scripts (for youth success), the village idiots will.

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President, Morehouse College (CNN/Essence - Reclaiming the Dream) July 31, 2009
http://www.cnn.com
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I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate them.

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www.thinkexist.com
Booker T. Washington
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i_shall_allow_no_man_to_belittle_my_soul_by/199954.html
Viewed on July 16, 2009
Contribution #3413


It is the interplay between our experience and how we respond to it that makes karma devastating or helpfully invigorating.

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Gurudeva Weekly Calendar
http://www.minimela.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=69_70&products_id=477
Contribution #3410


A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.

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The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.

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Time Magazine http://
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Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

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Google
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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.

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The goal of this office will not be to favor one religious group over another - or even religious groups over secular groups. It will simply be to work on behalf of those organizations that want to work on behalf of our communities, and to do so without blurring the line that our founders wisely drew between church and state.

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Speech to National Prayer Breakfast
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2009/02/godless_watch_continued.cfm
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I have lost the consolation of faith / though not the ambition to worship.

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The Writers' Almanac, Garrison Keillor, 1/21/09
http://www.mpr.org
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Trust in Allah and tie up your camel.

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Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

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The lottery is a tax for people that are really bad at math.

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Heard it on NPR talking about lottery tickets. June 25th @ 1:20pm PST
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

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Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.

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William Somerset Maugham
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/common_sense_and_good_nature_will_do_a_lot_to/169582.html
Viewed on April 17, 2008
Contribution #892


Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Viewed on April 14, 2008
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Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.

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