Knowledge Quotes

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We owe a huge debt to Galileo for emancipating us all from the stupid belief in an Earth-centered or man-centered (let alone God-centered) system. He… — Christopher Hitchens
Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation," intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you don't need to think, and that is very dangerous. — Garth Nix
Iâ€™ve been doing this a long time, and Iâ€™ve come to learn that predictions donâ€™t mean much. Too much lies outside the realm of medical… — Nicholas Sparks
Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not… — Ramakrishna
Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time… — John Muir
Easy to see that naught save sorrow could bring a man to such a view of things. And yet a sorrow for which there can… — Cormac McCarthy
I wanted him to feel what I felt when I was with him: that incredible combination of comfort, decadence, and wonder; the knowledge that, with… — Jodi Picoult
Whatever exists, he said. Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent. He looked about at the dark forest in which they… — Cormac McCarthy
The heart of it all is mystery, and science is at best only the peripheral trappings to that mystery--a ragged barbed-wire fence through which mystery… — Rick Bass
Books are cool, but knowledge without mileage doesn't mean anything to me. — Henry Rollins
With knowledge there is no hope,... without hope I would sit motionless, rusting like unused armor. — John Steinbeck
Knowledge is not made for understanding; it is made for cutting. — Michel Foucault
Browns seek knowledge, Blues meddle in causes, and Whites consider the questions of truth with implacable logic. We all do some of it all, of… — Robert Jordan
Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Her definition of romance was absentminded intimacy, the way someone else's hand stray to your plate of food. I replied: no, that's just friendship; romance… — Kamila Shamsie
If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is… — John Green
Nothing is more curious and awkward than the relationship of two people who only know each other with their eyes â€” who meet and observe… — Thomas Mann
Logic is immaturity weaving its nets of gossamer wherewith it aims to catch the behemoth of knowledge. Logic is a crutch for the cripple, but… — Mikhail Naimy
You know everything and you know nothingâ€¦ And in that thereâ€™s this: You will always learn something new. About him. About her. About yourself. And… — Pamela Ribon
Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a… — Malcolm X

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