Our Knowledge Quotes
262 quotes by 214 authors
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We cannot ultimately specify the grounds (either metaphysical or logical or empirical) upon which we hold that our knowledge is true. Being committed to such…
— Michael Polanyi
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The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely because we keep questioning everything, especially our own premises, we are…
— Carlo Rovelli
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If we extend our senses, we will consequently extend our knowledge.
— Neil Harbisson
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Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising. The rules which we make up at the beginning seem ordinary and…
— Edward Charles Titchmarsh
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The feeling of awe and sense of wonder arises from the recognition of the deep mystery that surrounds us everywhere, and this feeling deepens as…
— Anagarika Govinda
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All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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I believe that the quantum of our knowledge will increase considerably in the coming years and that scientists will continue to be amongst the brave…
— Peter Garrett
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With our knowledge of modern-day genetics, we realize that it was possible for God to place the potential for all people throughout history into the…
— Walter Lang
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We are part of the world creation, and we ourselves create nothing. Our knowledge allows us to make use of all the forces already in…
— Arshile Gorky
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The great desire of this age is for a doctrine which may serve to condense our knowledge, guide our researches, and shape our lives, so…
— George Henry Lewes
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"Happy he that knows Thee, even if he knows nothing else," says St. Augustine. If we knew all the sciences and knew not how to…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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It is our duty to give meaning to the life of future generations by sharing our knowledge and experience; by teaching an appreciation of work…
— Paul Bocuse
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I always tell women to use the fact that we offer a different point of view in a room full of men, to their advantage.…
— Padmasree Warrior
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To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, This is a noble insight. To regard our ignorance as knowledge, This is mental sickness. Only when we…
— Laozi
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..all arguments concerning existence are founded on the relation of cause and effect; that our knowledge of that relation is derived entirely from experience; and…
— David Hume
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Keeping the commandments . . . is at once a demonstration of our intelligence, our knowledge, our character, and our wisdom.
— Stephen L. Richards
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We may be able to tell how many stars are in the Milky Way; we may be able to count the petals of every flower,…
— Henry Van Dyke
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Duality is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts. All our concepts and beliefs, no matter how profound they may seem,…
— Namkhai Norbu
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There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the best order; only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge…
— John Drinkwater
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We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in rational inquiries, but many other intellectual pleasures
— Samuel Johnson
Who Wrote These Our Knowledge Quotes
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