Quotes about knowledge
knowledge mean illumination
Knowledge has three degrees--opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus
knowledge want causes
The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others. Pliny the Elder
knowledge keys heaven
He who binds His soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven. Nathaniel Parker Willis
knowledge fields experts
I am not supposed to be an expert in every field. I am supposed to be an expert in picking experts. Moshe Dayan
knowledge positive-thinking learning
The ancestor of every action is a thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson
knowledge reason-why vote
But also the constituency determines the vote of the representative. He is not only representative, but participant. Like can onlybe known by like. The reason why he knows about them is, that he is of them; he has just come out of nature, or from being a part of the thing.
knowledge men particular
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular thing, and every thing, and every man.
knowledge soul known
All things are known to the soul.
knowledge understanding taught
There is no doctrine of the Reason which will bear to be taught by the Understanding.
knowledge science self
And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself," and the modern precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim.
knowledge differences heaven
In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses, to know whether the impressions they make on me correspond with outlying objects, what difference does it make, whether Orion is up there in heaven, or some god paints the image in the firmament of the soul?
knowledge order unity
When I behold a rich landscape, it is less to my purpose to recite correctly the order and superposition of the strata, than to know why all thought of multitude is lost in a tranquil sense of unity.
knowledge issues world
A fact is the end or last issue of spirit. The visible creation is the terminus or the circumference of the invisible world.
knowledge soul world
I am present at the sowing of the seed of the world. With a geometry of sunbeams, the soul lays the foundations of nature.
knowledge roots progress
You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit.
knowledge men spirit
The great man, that is, the man most imbued with the spirit of the time, is the impressionable man.
knowledge facts chiefs
The chief value of the new fact is to enhance the great and constant fact of life.
knowledge use reason
Knowledge is the antidote to fear,- Knowledge, Use and Reason, with its higher aids.
knowledge mind
Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds.
knowledge people littles
Forasmuch as many people study more to have knowledge than to live well therefore ofttimes they err and bring forth little fruit or none. Thomas a Kempis
knowledge remarks
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
knowledge men perfect
Things and men have always a certain sense, a certain side by which they must be got hold of if one wants to obtain a solid grasp and a perfect command. Joseph Conrad
knowledge conversation endeavor
Conversation is not a search after knowledge, but an endeavor at effect. John Keats
knowledge thinking people
An extensive knowledge is needful to thinking people-it takes away the heat and fever; and helps, by widening speculation, to ease the burden of the mystery.
knowledge tragedy use
I have been asked whether I would agree that the tragedy of the scientist is that he is able to bring about great advances in our knowledge, which mankind may then proceed to use for purposes of destruction. My answer is that this is not the tragedy of the scientist; it is the tragedy of mankind. Leo Szilard
knowledge
Knowledge is constructed, not transferred Peter Senge
knowledge curves able
The scientist knows very well that he is approaching ultimate truth only in an asymptotic curve and is barred from ever reaching it; but at the same time he is proudly aware of being indeed able to determine whether a statement is a nearer or a less near approach to the truth. Konrad Lorenz
knowledge men order
Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.
knowledge opportunity empowering
Acquiring literacy is an empowering process, enabling millions to enjoy access to knowledge and information which broadens horizons, increases opportunities and creates alternatives for building a better life. Kofi Annan
knowledge ignorance diversity
Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity. Ramakrishna
knowledge knows
You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge. Ramana Maharshi
knowledge passion mind
Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within. Ralph Cudworth
knowledge found reception
All I know is reception; I am and I have: but I do not get, and when I fancied I had gotten anything, I found I did not.