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“It was strange to Old Robert that he, who knew so much more than his neighbors, who had pondered so endlessly, should be not even a good farmer. Sometimes he imagined he understood too many things ...”
“It is better to know so much about a few but important things, than to know so little about life, and much about trivial things.”
“Knowledge is a mighty tool, but how it will affect a person is unpredictable.”
“...'By wisdom a house is built up,And by discernment it is made secure.By knowledge its rooms are filledWith all sorts of precious and pleasant treasures.' Proverbs 24:3, 4”
“Imagine a person whose memory could not retain what the word 'pain' meantso that he constantly called different things by that namebut nevertheless used the word in a way fitting in with the usual ...”
“Knowledge without understanding is a great loss because it is akin to having given a device without the manual on how to operate or use it.”
“I agree with Abhijit Naskar that the path of tolerance is the only waybut it must be accompanied by continued pressure to break down barriers to access to information, so that our tolerance isnt ex...”
“You must consciously choose what you know. Knowledge fromthis present social system is notdesigned to help you succeed.”
“Knowledge is what you know,that gives you an edge overthe ordinary person.”
“Change is scientific, progress is ethical. Change is indubitable whereas progress is a matter of controversy.”
“Philosophical knowledge is knowledge which reason gains from concepts mathematical knowledge is knowledge which reason gains from the construction of concepts. ”
“If one is to rule, and to continue ruling, one must be able to dislocate the sense of reality.”
“I never knew what it meant being a slave until I quitted religion”
“I always find intelligent people in the comments.”
“Two there are, who are never satisfied; The lover of the world and the lover of Knowledge.”
“So reallywhat is war? A senseless battle between men's inflated ego.”
“How you get to know is what I want to know.”
“I love people that read. I think it screams humility. When someone reads, they are essentially admitting they want more, that the world is not enough for them. They want more knowledge, more experi...”
“If we had less people who don't know what they are talking about acting like they know what they are talking about, then that's one step closer to making the world a better place.”
“The earth is round!”
