“So knowledge grows by subtraction much more than by addition—given that what we know today might turn out to be wrong but… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden. A single lifetime,… — Seneca Copy Share Image
If schools don't make books important then children who come from homes with no books, and who don't visit libraries, will never… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Knowledge comes through likeness. And so because the soul may know everything, it is never at rest until it comes to the… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
The very act of creation requires such focused concentration that vast areas of knowledge may be completely overlooked. Well, so what? There… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“As knowledge is acquired it must be organized and put into use, for a definite purpose, through practical plans. Knowledge has no… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Prepare yourself, push it to the limits and adquire the necessary knowledge if possible, beyond, train and practice, be arrogant to yourself,… — Carlos A Copy Share Image
“Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single… — Thomas Henry Huxley 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
Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness,… — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
“...[I]n any inquiry you are likely to attain more nearly to knowledge of your object in proportion to the care and accuracy… — Socrates Copy Share Image
If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is not enough to prove something, one also has to seduce or elevate people to it. That is why the man… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Perfect knowledge comes only when you see the world in yourself, just as he who awakes from the dream then knows he… — V. S. Subramanya Iyer Copy Share Image
“As more complex forms of knowledge emerge and an economic surplus is built up, experts devote themselves full-time to the subjects of… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment. If one recognizes… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“In its quest to discover how the patterns of reality are organised, the story of modern science hints at a picture of… — Bob Hamilton Copy Share Image
“By acquiring Gnan (true worldly knowledge) one can tell 'what is right' and 'what is wrong', it makes one have discretion between… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Today's knowledge is not more important than tomorrow's wisdom. For if we are wise we apply common sense to yesterdays knowledge as… — Tom Krause Copy Share Image
When my grandfather was born, there was no healthcare. There were no airplanes. There were no boats. There were no trains. There… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
When understanding of the universe has become widespread, when the majority of men know that the stars are not sources of light… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“The patient accretion of knowledge, the focusing of all one's energies on some problem in history or science, the dogged pursuit of… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
They've (Israel) lost the battle for public opinion. They claim it's because American Jews know too little.. I claim it's because they… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
“The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. As Prince Dara Shikoh says, in a Persian poem:… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Is not a book of more value than metal?’ asked Cumscrad. ‘It is the fruit of a person’s brain and contains knowledge… — Peter Tremayne Copy Share Image
“You cannot see what I see because you see what you see. You cannot know what I know because you know what… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“It is I who remain seated in the heart of all creatures as the inner controller of all; and it is I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Successful continual learning means maintaining a balance and variety of success-oriented attributes, the most prominent being awareness, confidence, persistence, determination, courage, and… — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“Sitting on the floor with her arm round Mrs. Ramsay's knees, close as she could get, smiling to think that Mrs. Ramsay… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I am only a cup that knowledge holds. It does not to knowledge matter how poor the cup is. It is the… — Joan D. Vinge Copy Share Image
Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
In the evolution of knowledge-mistaken and unnecessary beliefs are forced out and supplanted by truer and more necessary knowledge. So too in… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we… — William Ernest Hocking Copy Share Image
When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Close contact between science and the practice of collective farms and State farms creates inexhaustible opportunities for the development of theoretical knowledge,… — Trofim Lysenko Copy Share Image
Think of what's stored in an 80- or a 90-year-old mind. Just marvel at it. You've got to get out this information,… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
Ah, child and youth, if you knew the bliss which resides in the taste of knowledge, and the evil and ugliness that… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
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