Discovery Quote by Rene Descartes

If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you were merely…

— Orson Scott Card

By and large, I seem to have made more mistakes than any others of whom I know, but have learned thereby to make ever…

— R. Buckminster Fuller

Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware. And the worst part of my…

— Maya Angelou

Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge ...

— Socrates

One idea I taught was the importance of regaining presence and clarity of mind after making a serious error

— Josh Waitzkin

Even a monotonously undeviating path of self-examination does not necessarily lead to self-knowledge. I stumble towards my grave confused and hurt and hungry.

— Quentin Crisp

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

— Thomas Sowell

I tried out various experiments described in treatises on physics and chemistry, and the results were sometimes unexpected. At times, I would be encouraged…

— Marie Curie

Do not imagine that you have to know everything before you can do anything. My own best work was done when I was most…

— Freeman Dyson

When I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imperfect knowledge.

— Anonymous

“As a physician, I was trained to deal with uncertainty as aggressively as I dealt with disease itself. The unknown was the enemy. Within…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge.

— John Darnielle