Knowledge Quotes - Page 83

'Facts' are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.

Lying is the strongest acknowledgement of the force of truth.

Knowing has two poles, and they are always poles apart: carnal knowing, the laying on of hands, the hanging of the fact by head or heels, the measurement of mass and motion, the calibration of brutal blows, the counting of supplies; and spiritual knowing, invisibly felt by the inside self, who is but a fought-over field of distraction, a stage where we recite the monotonous monologue that is our life, a knowing governed by internal tides, by intimations, motives, resolutions, by temptations, secrecy, shame, and pride.

Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

I am always of the opinion with the learned, if they speak first.

All great poets have been men of great knowledge.

We know lots of things we didn't use to know but we don't know any way to prevent 'em from happening.

It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.

There's lots of people - this town wouldn't hold them; Who don't know much excepting what's told them.

The acquisition of knowledge always involves the revelation of ignorance-almost is the revelation of ignorance.

Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.

We have more information now than we can use, and less knowledge and understanding than we need. Indeed, we seem to collect information because we have the ability to do so, but we are so busy collecting it that we haven't devised a means of using it. The true measure of any society is not what it knows but what it does with what it knows.

To the modern spirit nothing is, or can be rightly known, except relatively and under conditions.

There is but one bond of peace that is both permanent and enriching: The increasing knowledge of the world in which experiment occurs.

In an examination those who do not wish to know ask questions of those who cannot tell.

Praised be the fathomless universe, for life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious.

There is no more merit in being able to attach a correct description to a picture than in being able to find out what is wrong with a stalled motorcar. In each case it is special knowledge.

According to Jains the soul in pure form has infiniteness in terms of its knowledge and power. These faculties are obstructed for its exhibition due to Karmic bondage. As the soul progresses in its morality and spirituality it gets certain powers which may look miraculous.

Oh my God, I'm not anorexic. I acknowledge that I look thin in photos. I get it.

A scientist strives to understand the work of Nature. But with our insufficient talents as scientists, we do not hit upon the truth all at once. We must content ourselves with tracking it down, enveloped in considerable darkness, which leads us to make new mistakes and errors. By diligent examination, we may at length little by little peel off the thickest layers, but we seldom get the core quite free, so that finally we have to be satisfied with a little incomplete knowledge.

Pursue something so important that even if you fail, the world is better off with you having tried.

Humans crave knowledge, and when that craving ends, we are no longer human.

The growing complexity of science, technology, and organization does not imply either a growing knowledge or a growing need for knowledge in the general population. On the contrary, the increasingly complex processes tend to lead to increasingly simple and easily understood products. The genius of mass production is precisely in its making more products more accessible, both economically and intellectually to more people.

the field of knolege is the common property of all mankind

Any one who has studied the history of science knows that almost every great step therein has been made by the "anticipation of Nature," that is, by the invention of hypotheses, which, though verifiable, often had very little foundation to start with; and, not unfrequently, in spite of a long career of usefulness, turned out to be wholly erroneous in the long run.