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Knowledge Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Belief is the wound that knowledge heals.
- As a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing,but does…
- There are two kinds of knowledge, local and universal.
- But you must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act.…
- But need alone is not enough to set power free: there must be knowledge.
- He knew now, and the knowledge was hard, that his task had never been to undo what he had done, but to finish what he…
- What you select from, in order to tell your story, is nothing less than everything. What you build up your world from, your local, intelligible…
- All knowledge is partial, infinitesimally partial. Reason is a net thrown out into an ocean. What truth it brings in is a fragment, a glimpse,…
More Knowledge Quotes
- 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