Human knowledge Quote by Daniel J. Boorstin

There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on hope, chance, intuition, and a willingness to be surprised.

— Gordon Livingston

“Whatever discoveries have been made in the land of self-delusion, many undiscovered regions remain to be explored.”

— Paul Hoffman

Words build bridges into unexplored regions.

— Adolf Hitler

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

The actual state of our knowledge is always provisional and... there must be, beyond what is actually known, immense new regions to discover.

— Louis de Broglie

“Spy planes, drone aircraft, satellites with cameras that can see from three hundred miles what you can see from a hundred feet. They see…

— Don DeLillo

Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to.

— Max Fisher

“As the island of Knowledge grows, so do the shores of our ignorance –the boundary between the known and the unknown. Learning more about…

— Marcelo Gleiser

The great obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“Trichloroethane. All my extensive testing has shown this to be the best treatment for a dangerous excess of human knowledge... For one flash, mommy…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Knowledge is an island surrounded by a sea of mystery.

— Chet Raymo

Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.

— Pema Chodron