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It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect… — Julian Simon
The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. Minds matter economically as much… — Julian Simon
The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and… — Julian Simon
Our knowledge and our ability to handle our problems progress through the open conflict of ideas, through the tests of phenomenological adequacy, inner consistency, and… — Rudolph Rummel
If you prefer smoke over fire then get up now and leave. For I do not intend to perfume your mind's clothing with more sooty… — Adyashanti
Wisdom is considered a sign of weakness by the powerful because a wise man can lead without power but only a powerful man can lead… — Mark B. Cohen
When you want to organize knowledge. you will be careful to base the classification upon essential qualities. You will thus derive classes in which the… — Barrows Dunham
All that science can achieve is a perfect knowledge and a perfect understanding of the action of natural and moral forces. — Hermann von Helmholtz
The only secret knowledge we have is know-how and you can't break up know-how by court order. — Herbert Kalmus
My favorite single line from the QurÂ’an is from Surah 49:13, which says that God made us different nations and tribes that we may come… — Eboo Patel
The mind of the scholar, if you would have it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds. It is better that his… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within. — Robert Genn
One of the ways to learn is to know when you're making failures. — Robert Genn
Artists cannot be micro-managed. We can take heart that everything we do is different from the last thing we did - or indeed everything that's… — Robert Genn
While knowledge of tools and the love of motif may be in your backpack, and all mountains may be measured by their previous heroes, art… — Robert Genn
Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be… — William Osler
Hitherto the principle of causality was universally accepted as an indispensable postulate of scientific research, but now we are told by some physicists that it… — Max Planck
Short version: For the child. . ., it is not half so important to know as to feel. If facts are the seeds that later… — Rachel Carson
Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself; the man who… — Jean de la Bruyere

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