Man seeks to learn, and man kills himself because of the loss of cohesion in his religious society; he does not kill… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
All knowledge resolves itself into probability. ... In every judgment, which we can form concerning probability, as well as concerning knowledge, we… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I have been asked whether I would agree that the tragedy of the scientist is that he is able to bring about… — Leo Szilard Copy Share Image
'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is… — Austin Farrer Copy Share Image
I have accumulated a wealth of knowledge in innumerable spheres and enjoyed it as an always ready instrument for exercising the mind… — Richard Goldschmidt Copy Share Image
What are the relationships between power and knowledge? There are two bad, short answers: 1. Knowledge provides an instrument that those in… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
No engineer can go upon a new work and not find something peculiar, that will demand his careful reflection, and the deliberate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We may be entering a new phase of history, a time when we begin to rediscover . . . the traditional teaching… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
“Thus the purpose of each experience is that the entity may magnify and glorify that which is good. For, good is of… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
Angels can help us understand what intuition means in a personal way. Angels are actually in charge of a large part of… — Terry Taylor Copy Share Image
In pure awareness the mind cannot drag you down into the mud, into the gutter. In anger, in hatred, in jealousy, the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Books whose topics I thoroughy depsise are accapteble because they often force the reader to think and to examine his own beliefs.… — Tiffini Johnson Copy Share Image
A general limitation of the human mind is its imperfect ability to reconstruct past states of knowledge, or beliefs that have changed.… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The ego is nothing but condensed unawareness. When you become aware by and by that condensed unawareness we call 'ego' disappears. Just… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“When attempting at understanding and grasping the truth concerning horrors of tyranny and oppression...To experience these first hand is the only viable… — Daryavesh Rothmensch Copy Share Image
“Beyond the superficial, the considered phrase, "It feels right to me," acknowledges the strength of the erotic into a true knowledge, for… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“Pure awareness transcends thinking. It allows you to step outside the chattering negative self-talk and your reactive impulses and emotions. It allows… — Mark Williams Copy Share Image
To inquisitive minds like yours and mine the reflection that the quantity of human knowledge bears no proportion to the quantity of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“the problem of a worker in today’s knowledge industry is not the scarcity of information but its excess. … In order to… — philosopher Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
“I am just another blind man. I do not get the whole picture of what transpires in all places. I am blind… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
To appear to be on the inside and know more than others about what is going on is a great temptation for… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The partitions of knowledge are not like several lines that meet in one angle, and so touch not in a point; but… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Mind is repetitive, mind always moves in circles. Mind is a mechanism: you feed it with knowledge, it repeats the same knowledge,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Accumulating knowledge is a form of avarice and lends itself to another version of the Midas story ...man [is] so avid for… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
We need to get back to reasoning and thinking things through. The future generation is being brought up in greed and without… — Richard Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
There are certain things that our age needs, and certain things that it should avoid. It needs compassion and a wish that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The power of admiring whatever is deserving of admiration, the nice and quick perception of the beautiful and the true, is one… — Mary Russell Mitford Copy Share Image
“The death of Nighteyes gutted me. I walked wounded through my life in the days that followed, unaware of just how mutilated… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Often when we hear people speak about meditation, we hear about wisdom, we hear about knowledge. But what, actually, is the effect,… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
“When the mind is clear and calm, the images it reflects are real and the knowledge it gathers is true. When the… — Daniel P. Reid Copy Share Image
“In all professional endeavors, rigorous standards of accuracy are required. Scholars cherish their freedom of expression. But full freedom cannot be experienced… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
If knowledge and wisdom keep the same pace in development, the adept is enabled to grasp all the laws of the microcosm… — Franz Bardon Copy Share Image
Science is not the affirmation of a set of beliefs but a process of inquiry aimed at building a testable body of… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“The brevity of life, the failing of the senses, the numbness of indifference and unprofitable occupations allow us to know very little.… — Nicholas Copernicus Copy Share Image
While the finish given to our picture of the world by the theory of relativity has already been absorbed into the general… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
“Life is contemptuous of knowledge; it forces it to sit in the anterooms, to wait outside. Passion, energy, lies: these are what… — James Salter Copy Share Image
The stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
When one realizes God, He grants knowledge and illumination from within; one knows it oneself. In the fullness of one's spiritual realization… — Sarada Devi Copy Share Image
It used to bug me that I couldn't even afford to take my family for a proper holiday. I didn't have any… — Boman Irani Copy Share Image
“The Lord commands us to learn and discover all we can in this life. There's nothing wrong with wanting to know the… — Chris Heimerdinger Copy Share Image
![“Accumulating knowledge is a form of avarice and lends itself to another version of the Midas story ...man [is] so avid for knowledge that everything that he touches turns to facts; his faith becomes theology; his love becomes lechery; his wisdom becomes science; pursuing meaning, he ignores truth.” quote by Malcolm Muggeridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8e6/malcolm-muggeridge-2370_avarice_accumulating-knowledge-is-a-form-of-avar_566709.jpg)
