Knowing Quotes

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Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by knowledge. — Erich Fromm
Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. — Albert Einstein
We breathed the air of freedom without knowing the language or any person. — Nelly Sachs
If a man is worth knowing at all, he is worth knowing well. — Alexander Smith
I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the ship under mutiny by sitting on the powder barrel with… — Isak Dinesen
Life is a mystery; that means it cannot be solved. And when all efforts to solve it prove futile, the mystery dawns upon you. Then… — Rajneesh
These are the only two situations possible, and you are in the sad situation. Everybody may know about you - who you are - but… — Rajneesh
A man of knowing attains to a sense of humour. Let this always be remembered. If you see someone who has no sense of humour,… — Rajneesh
Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away. — Hakuin Ekaku
One of the worst forms of mental suffering is boredom, not knowing what to do with oneself and one's life. Even if man had no… — Erich Fromm
To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulneÂss while telling carefully constructeÂd lies, to hold simultaneoÂusly two opinions which cancelled out,… — George Orwell
I want to be as though new-born, knowing nothing, absolutely nothing... then I want to do something modest; to work out by myself a tiny,… — Paul Klee
If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can try to control people, or you can try to have a system that represents reality. I find that knowing what's really happening is… — Larry Page
It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his own miseries without… — Samuel Johnson
I for sure believe in miracles. For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and… — Oprah Winfrey
No matter how much faculty of idle seeing a man has, the step from knowing to doing is rarely taken. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we… — John F. Kennedy

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