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“Men of the world who value the Way all turn to books. But books are nothing more than words. Words have value; what is of value in words is meaning. Meaning has something it is pursuing, but the th...”
“Knowing is not simply a material act, since the object that is known always conceals something beyond the empirical datum. All our knowledge, even the most simple, is always a minor miracle, since ...”
“Although the pure truth has never been stated, nevertheless it has never been lost. Its existence does not depend upon human statement but upon human sensitivity. In this it is unlike all other kno...”
“The thirst for knowledge is like a piece of ass you know you shouldn't chase; in the end, you chase it just the same.”
“Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement.”
“Never confuse a hunger for knowledge with a thirst for truth.”
“Truth ain't be in secret site to be found.It lies within certain levels of understanding and knowledge.”
“Truth resists being projected into the realm of knowledge.”
“Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most must mourn the deepest oer the fatal truth, the Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.”
“It was strange how she found out, One moment she didn't know; the next minute she did. One moment her mind was as blank as the desert; the next minute the snake of suspicion had slithered into her ...”
“Who can tell truth from falsehood any more?I say it, and you feel it in your hearts:no man or woman on this big small earth.How should our sages miss the mark of life,and our most skillful players ...”
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”
“We understand more than we know.”
“To acquire knowledge, one must study;but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
“The man armed with knowledge has a better chance of survival than the man who is simply the fittest. Knowledge is the true strength. Muscle is where the myth is.”
“Knowledge that is acquiredis not like this. Those who have it worry ifaudiences like it or not.It's a bait for popularity.Disputational knowing wants customers.It has no soul...The only real custom...”
“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”
