Gaining knowledge Quote by John Galt

Man needs knowledge in order to survive, and only reason can achieve it; men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason, can exist…

— Ayn Rand

Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival.

— Ludwig von Mises

Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon. Animals obtain food by force. man…

— Ayn Rand

Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not.

— John Galt

Man is able to decide for or against reason, he is able to create beyond reason or to destroy below reason

— Paul Tillich

The end of man is knowledge, but there is one thing he can't know. He can't know whether knowledge will save him or kill…

— Robert Penn Warren

Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and…

— Pliny the Elder

“You see, gentlemen, reason is an excellent thing, there's no disputing that, but reason is nothing but reason and satisfies only the rational side…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Man is not made to understand life, but to live it.

— George Santayana

“Man’s only justification for physical existence is to learn; this is his destiny which he cannot avoid under any circumstances.”

— Théun Mares

Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears,…

— Bertrand Russell

A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must…

— George Gurdjieff