“Humans may or may not have cosmic significance, and if they do, it will be by hitching a ride on the objective centrality of knowledge in the cosmic scheme of things.”
— David Deutsch
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“Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.”
— Bryant H. McGill
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“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”
— James Madison
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“Money is not a fund of knowledge.”
— John Kluge
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“The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.”
— John Locke
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“You can do one of two things. You can bury you head in the sand and believe what everyone tells you – that you will always be that young, that thin and that fabulous. Or you can use all the things you have – talent, contacts, knowledge – and do something different.”
— Cat Deeley
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“Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.”
— Horace Mann
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“If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to apply to that society.”
— Jean-Francois Lyotard
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“I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.”
— Thomas Malthus
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“Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.”
— Charles de Secondat
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“Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.”
— Arthur E. Waite
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