Knowledge Quotes

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The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured… — Gerard De Nerval
But in practical affairs, particularly in politics, men are needed who combine human experience and interest in human relations with a knowledge of science and… — Max Born
Hardware is easy to protect: lock it in a room, chain it to a desk, or buy a spare. Information poses more of a problem.… — Bruce Schneier
In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or… — Douglas Engelbart
It is a commonplace of modern technology that problems have solutions before there is knowledge of how they are to be solved. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of our species' repertory.… — E. O. Wilson
The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to… — John Kenneth Galbraith
But in order to be strong, you have to love yourself, and in order to love yourself, you need thorough self-knowledge, you need to know… — Susanna Tamaro
Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being. — Lord Acton
Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge. — Francis Bacon
Whosoever wishes to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details. Knowledge is not intelligence. In searching for the truth be… — Heraclitus
Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character. — George Bernard Shaw
No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance, or to extinguish the desire of fond… — Samuel Johnson
Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their… — Samuel Johnson
The gift of God to this enlightened age is the knowledge of the oneness of mankind and of the fundamental oneness of religion. War shall… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. When minds meet, they don't just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them, draw… — Theodore Zeldin
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet… — Lord Chesterfield
Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions - requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs - there was no… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
There is only one law of Nature-the second law of thermodynamics-which recognises a distinction between past and future more profound than the difference of plus… — Arthur Eddington
Life is like a game of chess. To win you have to make a move. Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHT and knowledge,… — Alan Rufus

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