Knowledge Quotes

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I never let the thought of failure enter my mind. My knowledge of my unity with the Universal One and the fact that I must… — Walter Russell
He decided to give up his large ambition of knowledge and action for any narrow craft or profession, aiming at a much more comprehensive calling,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The knowledge that we consider knowledge proves itself in action. What we now mean by knowledge is information in action, information focused on results. — Peter Drucker
But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other… — Nikola Tesla
Science only means knowledge; and for [Greek] ancients it did only mean knowledge. Thus the favorite science of the Greeks was Astronomy, because it was… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don't abide in… — Rumi
Courage is the human virtue that counts most-courage to act on limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That's all any of us have. — Robert Frost
No very deep knowledge of economics is usually needed for grasping the immediate effects of a measure; but the task of economics is to foretell… — Ludwig von Mises
The diversity of mankind is a basic postulate of our knowledge of human beings. But if mankind is diverse and individuated, then how can anyone… — Murray Rothbard
People who are very aware that they have more knowledge than the average person are often very unaware that they do not have one-tenth of… — Thomas Sowell
If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security. — Samuel Adams
It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces… — Albert Einstein
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time? — Henry David Thoreau
There can be no excess to love, none to knowledge, none to beauty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To make knowledge productive, we will have to learn to see both forest and tree. We will have to learn to connect. — Peter Drucker
For example, there are numbers of chemists who occupy themselves exclusively with the study of dyestuffs. They discover facts that are useful to scientific chemistry;… — Charles Sanders Peirce
When chemists have brought their knowledge out of their special laboratories into the laboratory of the world, where chemical combinations are and have been through… — Louis Agassiz
Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up to regret publicly that such… — Michael Faraday
Man, whose organization is regarded as the highest, departs from the vertebrate archetype; and it is because the study of anatomy is usually commenced from,… — Charles Lyell
Man is slightly nearer to the atom than to the star. ... From his central position man can survey the grandest works of Nature with… — Arthur Eddington

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