Acquire Quote by Ayn Rand

“About some things—about many things!—we believe that people should have not open minds but settled convictions. We cannot make progress intellectually or socially until…

— Alan Jacobs

“Knowledge and cleverness tend to concern themselves with the wrong sorts of things, and a mind confused by knowledge, cleverness and abstract ideas tends…

— Benjamin Hoff

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively…

— Calvin Coolidge

There are only a few bits of absolute knowledge in the world, people can learn only one or two fundamental facts about each other,…

— Katherine Anne Porter

Ideas matter. The world matters. Our lives matter, and the choices we make as we navigate our lives perhaps matter most of all.

— Lauren Myracle

One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose…

— Bryant H. McGill

“Knowing higher truths ensure that we have a larger perspective where all other things fall in place or start making sense.”

— Thomas Vazhakunnathu

“We spend our lives learning many things, only to discover (again and again) that most of what we’ve learned is either wrong or irrelevant.…

— Chuck Klosterman

“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

“I have learned many valuable truths through my experiences. One of these truths is that people don't always see the bigger picture; they are…

— Dallas Jahncre

“Our heads are filled with ‘knowledge’, a knowledge that in some areas pre-empts our seeing anything at all.”

— Idries Shah

It has often been said that, to make discoveries, one must be ignorant. This opinion, mistaken in itself, nevertheless conceals a truth. It means…

— Claude Bernard