Quotes about knowledge
knowledge discovery self
If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion. Aldous Huxley
knowledge men desire
Man has an intense desire for assured knowledge. Albert Einstein
knowledge differences people
The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.
knowledge reflection half
In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take. Alexander Pope
knowledge bliss virtue
That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.
knowledge writing fruit
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
knowledge simple research
If I go out into nature, into the unknown, to the fringes of knowledge, everything seems mixed up and contradictory, illogical, and incoherent. This is what research does; it smooths out contradictions and makes things simple, logical, and coherent. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
knowledge successful editors
I called it ignose, not knowing which carbohydrate it was. This name was turned down by my editor. 'God-nose' was not more successful, so in the end 'hexuronic acid' was agreed upon. To-day the substance is called 'ascorbic acid' and I will use this name.
knowledge cows sacred
Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns.
knowledge science giving
Science explained people, but could not understand them. After long centuries among the bones and muscles it might be advancing to knowledge of the nerves, but this would never give understanding E. M. Forster
knowledge learning night
I learnt the verbs of will, and had my secret; The code of night tapped on my tongue; What had been one was many sounding minded. Dylan Thomas
knowledge civilization way
Learning and literature have a way of outlasting the civilization that made them. Dorothy L. Sayers
knowledge our-world quests
We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed all our trust in a cold, impartial intellect which only brings us nearer to destruction. Dora Russell
knowledge men ideas
Knowledge-full, unfettered knowledge of its own heritage, of freedom's enemies, of the whole world of men and ideas-this knowledge is a free people's surest strength. Dwight D. Eisenhower
knowledge science men
Ardent desire for knowledge, in fact, is the one motive attracting and supporting investigators in their efforts; and just this knowledge, really grasped and yet always flying before them, becomes at once their sole torment and their sole happiness. Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery which is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel. Claude Bernard
knowledge science yield
As soon as the circumstances of an experiment are well known, we stop gathering statistics. ... The effect will occur always without exception, because the cause of the phenomena is accurately defined. Only when a phenomenon includes conditions as yet undefined,Only when a phenomenon includes conditions as yet undefined, can we compile statistics. ... we must learn therefore that we compile statistics only when we cannot possibly help it; for in my opinion, statistics can never yield scientific truth.
knowledge science men
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge. It is in the darker. It is in the darker regions of science that great men are recognized; they are marked by ideas which light up phenomena hitherto obscure and carry science forward.
knowledge achieve knows
We achieve more than we know. We know more than we understand. We understand more than we can explain.
knowledge harm ifs
If we don't understand phenomena, we are more likely to do things to harm ourselves and others. Dalai Lama
knowledge thinking people
I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible. Anderson Cooper
knowledge trying knows
I'm not trying to be something that I'm not. I'm just trying to be myself and talk about what I know, and admit what I don't know.
knowledge fighting class
Any classification according to a singular identity polarizes people in a particular way, but if we take note of the fact that we have many different identities - related not just to religion but also to language, occupation and business, politics, class and poverty, and many others - we can see that the polarization of one can be resisted by a fuller picture. So knowledge and understanding are extremely important to fight against singular polarization. Amartya Sen
knowledge learning ideas
The only way that someone can be of help to you is by challenging your ideas. Anthony de Mello
knowledge learning mind
Problems only exist in the human mind.
knowledge knowing giving
many things I knew, I have forgotten; many things I thought I knew, I find I know nothing about; some things I know, I have found not worth knowing; and some things I would give - O what would one not give to know? are beyond the reach of human ken. Anna Letitia Barbauld
knowledge learning technology
It’s not information overload. It’s filter failure. Clay Shirky
knowledge information miscellaneous
While knowledge is orderly and cumulative, information is random and miscellaneous. Daniel J. Boorstin
knowledge technology fog
The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
knowledge eye dark
That was the birth of sin. Not doing it, but KNOWING about it. Before the apple, [Adam and Eve] had shut their eyes and their minds had gone dark. Now, they peeped and pried and imagined. They watched themselves. D. H. Lawrence
knowledge goal consciousness
The goal is to know how not-to-know.
knowledge eye sight
Sight is the least sensual of all the senses. And we strain ourselves to see, see, see--everything, everything through the eye, inone mode of objective curiosity.
knowledge library way
A scholar is just a library's way of making another library. Daniel Dennett
knowledge may limits
There may be things that are completely unknowable to us, so we must be careful not to treat the limits of our knowledge as sure guides to the limit of what there is.