Real Knowledge Quotes

32 quotes by 31 authors

[When a young person loses faith in his religion because he begins to study science and its methodology] it isn't that [through the obtaining of… — Richard P. Feynman
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. — Confucius
Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense. — Penn Jillette
In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward… — Alfred North Whitehead
I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitments, awaited those who had… — Charlotte Bronte
Can anything be more disgusting than to hear people called 'educated' making small jokes about eating ham, and showing themselves empty of any real knowledge… — George Eliot
The more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge.… — Idries Shah
Real knowledge never promoted either turbulence or unbelief; but its progress is the forerunner of liberality and enlightened toleration. — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
A grain of real knowledge, of genuine controllable conviction, will outweigh a bushel of adroitness; and to produce persuasion there is one golden principle of… — John Robert Seeley
To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations. — Daniel Barenboim
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment. — Bible
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment. [Philippians 1:9] — Bible

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