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Knowledge Quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek
- Competition is like experimentation in science, a discovery process, and it must rely on the self interest of producers, it must allow them to use…
- The central problem of management is how spontaneous interaction of people within a firm, each possessing only bits of knowledge, can bring about the competitive…
- Socialist thought owes its appeal to the young largely to its visionary character; the very courage to indulge in Utopian thought is in this respect…
- It is because freedom means the renunciation of direct control of individual efforts that a free society can make use of so much more knowledge…
- Our submission to general principles is necessary because we cannot be guided in our practical action by full knowledge and evaluation of the consequences. So…
- It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress... it is always from a minority…
- Ever since the beginning of modern science, the best minds have recognized that "the range of acknowledged ignorance will grow with the advance of science."…
- It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress. In the process by which opinion…
- This is the constitutional limitation of man's knowledge and interests, the fact that he cannot know more than a tiny part of the whole of…
- Human reason can neither predict nor deliberately shape its own future. Its advances consist in finding out where it has been wrong.
- To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our…
- He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to…
- All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include…
- Everything which might cause doubt about the wisdom of the government or create discontent will be kept from the people. The basis of unfavorable comparisons…
- No human mind can comprehend all the knowledge which guides the actions of society.
- Civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular knowledge may serve…
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- We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. — Aristotle
- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
- All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day. — Karen Armstrong
- Research is creating new knowledge. — Neil Armstrong
- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold
- The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and… — Chester A. Arthur
- People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. — Isaac Asimov