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knowledge men order
Men are more readily contented with no intellectual light than with a little; and wherever they have been taught to acquire some knowledge in order to please others, they have most generally gone on to acquire more, to please themselves. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge simplicity complicated
The further we advance in knowledge, the more simplicity shall we discover in those primary rules that regulate all the apparently endless, complicated, and multiform operations of the Godhead.
knowledge class ferns
In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it wherever it is to be found; like fern, it is the produce of all climates, and like coin, its circulation is not restricted to any particular class.
knowledge performances pretension
The highest knowledge can be nothing more than the shortest and clearest road to truth; all the rest is pretension, not performance, mere verbiage and grandiloquence, from which we can learn nothing.
knowledge discovery views
It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing as they do on the vantage ground of former discoveries and uniting all the fruits of the experience of their forefathers, with their own actual observation, may be admitted to enjoy a more enlarged and comprehensive view of things than the ancients themselves.
knowledge pay despise
To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
knowledge perfect brain
The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains.
knowledge science two
Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false.
knowledge world lifts
Let no knowledge satisfy but that which lifts above the world, which weans from the world, which makes the world a footstool. Charles Spurgeon
our-world way doctrine
Western religions are more concerned with behavior, doctrine, and belief than with any transformation of the way in which we are aware of ourselves and our world. Alan Watts
our-world long thrillers
As long as thriller authors teach us about our world, they'll be relevant. David Morrell
our-world expectations ambitious
So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us, or at least our world, or at least our solar system, or at least our galaxy, have been disappointed, progressively disappointed. The universe is not responsive to our ambitious expectations. Carl Sagan
our-world views world-view
If we are to change our world view, images have to change. David Hockney
our-world thrones fabric
The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove, On which the fabric of our world depends, One link dissolved, the whole creation ends. Edmund Waller
our-world imagination world
We have no limits to our world. We're only limited by our imagination. Bob Ross
our-world oil people
Oil is sixty dollars a barrel. There are terrorists everywhere. We have a catastrophe in our world every ten minutes. I don't know how anybody's getting through anything. Right now, people just need to be entertained. Bob Saget
our-world risk together
Many say our world is at a tipping point. If we do not act together, if we do not act responsibly, if we do not act now, we risk slipping into a cycle of poverty, degradation, and despair. Ban Ki-moon
our-world fearless spirit
The more fearless we are in our personal lives, the more of that spirit we'll bring to changing our world. Arianna Huffington
quests lost attainment
All explorers are seeking something they have lost. It is seldom that they find it, and more seldom still that the attainment brings them greater happiness than the quest. Arthur C. Clarke
quests service-to-others matured
Those who have matured spiritually, now put service to others at the center of their quest and of their lives.
quests losing ifs
If you are losing your peace in your quest for peace, you are not on the road to peace. The road to peace is peace. Alan Cohen
quests vulgar deceived
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth. Emile M. Cioran
quests said realms
The realm of Suaron is ended!' said Gandalf. 'The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest J. R. R. Tolkien
quests satisfaction scientist
Scientists derive satisfaction from figuring out the puzzle. It's about the quest, not the grail. Isaac Asimov
quests presence-of-love
In the presence of love, hearth and quest become one. Jeanette Winterson
quests needs inspired
The need of reason is not inspired by the quest for truth but by the quest for meaning. And truth and meaning are not the same. The basic fallacy , taking precedence over all specific metaphysical fallacies, is to interpret meaning on the model of truth. Hannah Arendt
quests littles world
You got to start by doing little things if your quest is to take over the world. J. B. Smoove