“Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.”
— Alfred North Whitehead
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
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We have no firm hold on any
“We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.”
— Anne Sullivan Macy
Author: Anne Sullivan Macy
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All around me insisted that my doubts
“All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness; that they knew by experience they would soon give place to true knowledge, and an advance in religion; and I felt something like indecision.”
— Maria Monk
Author: Maria Monk
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The satirist is prevented by repulsion from
“The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.”
— Italo Calvino
Author: Italo Calvino
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few,
“All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.”
— Juvenal
Author: Juvenal
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I think my knowledge of music theory
“I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards – Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.”
— Zooey Deschanel
Author: Zooey Deschanel
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Knowledge will give you power, but character
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”
— Bruce Lee
Author: Bruce Lee
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Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs
“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.”
— Louis Pasteur
Author: Louis Pasteur
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Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and
“Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.”
— Peter Drucker
Author: Peter Drucker
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I believe that we must maintain pride
“I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.”
— Daisaku Ikeda
Author: Daisaku Ikeda
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The monopoly of science in the realm
“The monopoly of science in the realm of knowledge explains why evolutionary biologists do not find it meaningful to address the question whether the Darwinian theory is true.”
— Phillip E. Johnson
Author: Phillip E. Johnson
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