Commonwealth Quote by Anonymous

It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress.

— Anonymous

Knowledge of any kind ... brings about a change in awareness from where it is possible to create new realities.

— Deepak Chopra

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

— Alfred North Whitehead

And if there be any addition to knowledge, it is rather a new knowledge than a greater knowledge; rather a singularity in a desire…

— John Donne

“Knowledge emerges only through invention and reinvention, the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry beings pursue with the world and with others.”

— Paulo Freire

“You would elevate tradition and societal approval over the expansion of knowledge. If anything deserves to be called ‘illogical,’ it is that.”

— David Mack

Everything that we call Invention or Discovery in the higher sense of the word is the serious exercise and activity of an original feeling…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Knowledge without implementation is but mere information. True knowledge transcends the barrier of the mind and bears fruit within action”

— T. Haque

“Science is far from the objective and impartial search for incontrovertible truths that nonscientists might imagine. It is, in fact, a social endeavor where…

— Svante Pääbo

“There is a widespread philosophical tendency towards the view which tells us that Man is the measure of all things, that truth is man-made,…

— Bertrand Russell

A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming it, enlarging it.

— Anonymous

Knowledge is power. Unfortunate dupes of this saying will keep on creating, ambitiously, till they have stunned their native initiative and made their thoughts…

— Clarence Day