Common sense is what tells us the earth is flat.

Shut out anyone who upsets your peace of mind, right now.

Miracles define common sense.

One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise, she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule by giving mankind an ass for a lion.

Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven’t learned enough to dismiss common sense.

The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

Never assume the obvious is true.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

At any time any spot on the river can be a safety issue, you just have to use common sense. All the sheriff has to do is replace our buoys with his buoys.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

There are all degrees of proficiency in the use men make of this instructive world where we are boarded and schooled and apprenticed. It is sufficient to our present purpose to indicate three degrees of progress.One class lives to the utility of the symbol, as the majority of men do, regarding health and wealth as...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.

The past is behind us unless we fail to learn from it.

The accident in your rearview mirror already happened. The one in front of you is still preventable. Pay attention.

Al contrario de lo que piensa el sentido común, las cosas de la voluntad nunca son simples, lo que es simple es la indecisión, la incertidumbre, la irresolución…

Intelligence is a necessity, but when one is without a supernatural sense, intelligence becomes senseless.

By the standards of magical society they’d fallen at the first hurdle: they hadn’t had the basic good sense to keep their shit to themselves.

Stay in the boat, I told myself, watching them walk up to the pavilion. I’ll just stay in the boat. I won’t go anywhere near that creature.But in spite of that wise warning, I climbed out of the boat.Fine, stretch your legs, I told myself. Just don’t follow them.But of course, I followed them.You are...

This may seem like common sense to most folks, but there’s really been no literature or science where researchers tried to quantify and verify the effect.

All’s well that ends well.”Assuming there’s an end somewhere,’ Aomame said.Tamaru formed some short creases near his mouth that were faintly reminiscent of a smile. ‘There has to be an end somewhere. It’s just that nothing’s labeled “This is the end.” Is the top rung of a ladder labeled “This is the last rung. Please...

Common sense, common care, common prudence, were all sunk in Mrs. Dashwood’s romantic delicacy.

In this life you’ve got to hope for the best, prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.

The history of science is the saga of nature defying common sense.

Luckily, common sense had never been a strong suit of mine and my feet moved faster than my brain.

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man’s upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.

intuition is always right in at least two important ways;It is always in response to something.it always has your best interest at heart

For we conceive it as the aim of a philosopher, as such, to do somewhat more than define and formulate the common normal opinions of mankind. His function is to tell men what they ought to think, rather than what they do think: he is expected to transcend Common Sense in his premises, and is...

Accountability makes no sense when it undermines the larger goals of education.

Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing–no matter the personal cost.

People let their common sense go on vacation before they do. It’s easy to get caught up in the whole experience.

The tunnel under the wall of intellectual snobbery is the only way back to common sense reality, but most won’t find it because it is beneath them.

Historically speaking, just about everything we know to be ‘absolute’ will eventually change due to ‘new findings’.

Good health is subjective and cumulative depending on individual interpretation. Do not allow someone else’s shortcomings to become yours.

A burro is an ass. A burrow is a hole in the ground. A reporter should know the difference.

Unrealistic expectations often lead to disappointment, while simple unbiased attention and detachment to outcome often lead to pleasant surprises.

Do not allow consumerism to dictate your spiritual practice. You need nothing more than your focused attention to gain enlightenment.

You can think of your body in two ways: 1. As mechanical, like an automobile worth only so many miles or 2. As a living breathing energetic vessel manifested from spirit. Either way will greatly effect the length and quality of your life. Choose wisely.

Never put yourself in a position to be made an example of.

Believe in what makes you Healthy, because everything else is just garbage.

Unfortunately, fact checking has become a lost art

When you are always ready for the worst, then the worst is likely to show up

Science has proven that subatomic particles can exist in two places at once. Since we are all made up of these particles, then this simple fact should drastically re-define every limitation that you think you have.

Just like in the eye of the storm there is always comfort within the chaos. Becoming aware of this however, is your responsibility.

Why can’t we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience.

Common sense implies a cup of wisdom, a dash of discernment, and a dollop of intellectual acumen that’s blended clean and translucent.

Mapenzi, kama ilivyo kwa vitu vyote hapa ulimwenguni, hayawezi kuwepo bila kujumuishwa na fizikia na kemia yake! Bila kemia hakuna mapenzi ya kudumu. Tamaa ya ngono kimsingi huanza pindi unapokutana na mtu. Tamaa hiyo huweza kukua na kuwa kitu kingine kadiri muda unavyokwenda lakini chanzo kinakuwepo toka siku ya kwanza mlipokutana. Kemikali inayosababisha tamaa ya...

When everyone thinks something is true, it does not make it anything more than effective marketing.

What is common becomes sense, but what is sensible doesn’t always become common.

That’s just common sense. That is definitely one of the working principals in guiding us.