“Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity.”
“Grandparenthood is one of life's rewards for surviving your own children.”
“Innocence might be its own reward, but when it boardered on naivete, if not stupidity, it was unforgivable.”
“What were good and evil, really, but stupid categories? Stupid categoriesthat restricted people and punished or rewarded them based on how they responded to their own natures, natures they really didn't have any way to control.”
“We each survive in our own way.”
“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.”