Knowledge Quote by Alan W. Watts

“The pursuit of knowledge, is a worthy objective in its own right and needs no external validation”

— Gene Rosellini

“Why not advance science in its most difficult and vital aspect, the knowledge of the brain?”

— Bram Stoker

During the act of knowledge itself, the objective and subjective are so instantly united, that we cannot determine to which of the two the…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“the brain's business is not to give us an accurate or objective view of the world, but to give us a useful view -…

— Robin Fox

“Knowledge is the first obstacle of the mind that a meditator should be able to remove. We should not be too sure of anything.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

We are compelled to drive toward total knowledge, right down to the levels of the neuron and the gene. When we have progressed enough…

— E. O. Wilson

Nothing puts a greater obstacle in the way of the progress of knowledge than thinking that one knows what one does not yet know.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

“We can move gradually from total confusion, dominated by hatred and other mental poisons, to an intermediate stage of serenity, altruistic joy, and self-mastery…

— Matthieu Ricard

The unconscious mind works without your knowledge and that is the way it prefers.

— Milton H. Erickson

“You can achieve knowledge only through comparing the two sides, positive and negative, which have become separated from each other. As long as these…

— Elisabeth Haich

Without initiation into the scientific spirit one is not in possession of the best tools humanity has so far devised for effectively directed reflection.…

— John Dewey

We must not attach knowledge to the mind; we have to incorporate it there.

— Michel de Montaigne