Quotes About Knowledge

To know something, he argued, was not the same as to be certain beyond all doubt. And to believe something was definitely not the same as to know it.

Je ne crois pas qu'avoir étudié soit une si grande chose si l'on n'étudie plus. »

nous n'avons aucune puissance sur les passions tant que nous n'en connaissons pas les vraies causes

We pose only those questions whose answers are the pre-given conditions of the questions themselves.

We need to kill Aristotle!

4.23..If 'thought' means: instance of the subject in a truth-procedure, then there is no thought of this thought, because it contains no knowledge.

Frank Sinatra, for instance, who had a wide knowledge of classical music, revered Vaughan Williams and the composer's Job in particular,

Most research, I think, can only suggest, or point toward, an insight of some kind.

I took a bold step and stopped reading the scientists' research papers before I met with them. I would come in armed only with curiosity and my own natural ignorance. I was learning the value of bringing my ignorance to the surface. The scientists could see exactly how much I already understood, and they could start there.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

Ignorance was my ally as long as it was backed up by curiosity. Ignorance without curiosity is not so good, but with curiosity it was the clear water through which I could see the coins at the bottom of the fountain.

What I've learned about teaching is to refer back to the root of that word, which is educo, which means "to pull from." Education does not mean jamming information into somebody's head. Rather, it's that ancient idea that all knowledge is within us; to teach is to help somebody pull it out of themselves.

What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.

The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.

It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.

GO TO THE PAIN LOVERS is dystopian in a very modern, observational way. Peter (Magliocco) is a long time Vegas resident … he knows where to look in the underbelly of modern life for the dark side of humanity. Anyone familiar with his novels and poetry books knows he puts this knowledge to profitable use as he does here.

Eric Raymond says, "Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to reuse.

Homo logicus are driven by an irresistible desire to understand how things work. By contrast, Homo sapiens have a strong desire for success. Programmers also want to succeed, but they will frequently accept failure as the price to pay for understanding.

You can know something in your head but not in your heart.

It is you," Ren murmured. His words unsettled her: Not for the first time, he seemed to know more about her than she did about herself.

When people don't have access to facts, they invent what they'd like to believe, or what they think others would like to hear.

I learn from experience.

knowing how the mind works isn't going to change how your mind works. Even