Quotes about knowledge
knowledge men tragedy
It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything. Joyce Cary
knowledge way expertise
Often, we are too slow to recognize how much and in what ways we can assist each other through sharing expertise and knowledge. Owen Arthur
knowledge confusion world
In the world we live in, what we know and what we don't know are like Siamese twins, inseparable, existing in a state of confusion. Haruki Murakami
knowledge science agents
To demonstrate experimentally that a microscopic organism actually is the cause of a disease and the agent of contagion, I know no other way, in the present state of Science, than to subject the microbe (the new and happy term introduced by M. Sédillot) to the method of cultivation out of the body. Louis Pasteur
knowledge jewels curiosity
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished. Lord Chesterfield
knowledge men shining
Second-rate knowledge, and middling talents, carry a man farther at courts, and in the busy part of the world, than superior knowledge and shining parts. Lord Chesterfield
knowledge math mind
Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition. John Arbuthnot
knowledge price workers
You can't put a price on the institutional knowledge that our workers have.
knowledge loyalty price pride workers
You can't put a price on loyalty to the city. You can't put a price on pride at work. . . . You can't put a price on the institutional knowledge that our workers have.
knowledge knowing bent
The bent of our time is towards science, towards knowing things as they are ... Matthew Arnold
knowledge differences certain
Merely quantitative differences, beyond a certain point, pass into qualitative changes. Karl Marx
knowledge truth-is seeing
Hasn't knowledge only crippled me from seeing truth? Is knowledge itself illusory? Jiddu Krishnamurti
knowledge movement moments
Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge. Learning is movement from moment to moment. Jiddu Krishnamurti
knowledge knows
Not to know is the beginning of wisdom. Jiddu Krishnamurti
knowledge
Ogni nostra cognitione prīcipia da sentimēti. All our knowledge has its origin in our preceptions. Leonardo da Vinci
knowledge bears witness
Knowledge ... shall always bear witness like a clarion to its creator. Leonardo da Vinci
knowledge color objects
The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it. Leonardo da Vinci
knowledge perception offspring
All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions. Leonardo da Vinci
knowledge dust sticks
Knowledge is much like dust - it sticks to one, one does not know how. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
knowledge knowing feelings
Life is not a thing of knowing only--nay, mere knowledge has properly no place at all save as it becomes the handmaiden of feeling and emotions. Learned Hand
knowledge heart theatre
I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor-to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself. Laurence Olivier
knowledge science college
Stay in college, get the knowledge. And stay there until you're through. If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. Advice to a young person to continue his education. Muhammad Ali
knowledge goal sake
All knowledge has an ultimate goal. Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is, say what you will, nothing but a dismal begging of the question. Miguel de Unamuno
knowledge feelings mind
Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings. Nelson Mandela
knowledge mean simple
The root-word "buddha" means to wake up, to know, to understand; and he or she who wakes up and understands is call a Buddha. It is as simple as that. The capacity to wake up, to understand, and to love is called Buddha nature. Nhat Hanh
knowledge exhilaration ancient
The pursuit of knowledge is an intoxicant, a lure that scientists and explorers have known from ancient times; indeed, exhilaration in the pursuit of knowledge is part of what has kept our species so adaptive. Kay Redfield Jamison
knowledge president president-reagan
President Reagan didn't always know what he knew. Oliver North
knowledge long mouths
Knowledge is power only as long as you keep your mouth shut. Margaret Atwood
knowledge men difficult
Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself. Marcus Tullius Cicero
knowledge mean sea
There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover the infinity of things, the immensity of Nature, the heavens, the earth, and the seas; this is that branch which has taught us religion, moderation, magnanimity, and that has rescued the soul from obscurity; to make her see all things above and below, first and last, and between both; it is this that furnishes us wherewith to live well and happily, and guides us to pass our lives without displeasure and without offence. Marcus Tullius Cicero
knowledge justice may
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom. Marcus Tullius Cicero
knowledge goal information
Basically, our goal is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Larry Page
knowledge increase hopefully
Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value. Louis L'Amour