Quotes About Knowledge

Eres tú el que controla el conocimiento o es el conocimiento el que te controla a ti?»

When you finally see yourself without all the knowledge that you've accumulated, the result is: I am. I am what I am; you are what you are, and the complete acceptance of whatever you are is what makes the difference.

BilmediÄŸimiz ÅŸeylere bilmiyoruz demesini bilmek gerek.

I learn about how stories work for the same reason that soldiers learn how to strip a rifle. You should, too.

Yang terakhir harus jatuh sebelum yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi. Cuma itu satu-satunya cara - Zulaika

When you're a mile outside the limits of your competence, there is some comfort to be had in sounding like you know what you're doing.

Cerita-cerita dipertahankan, seperti harta karun masih akan muncul di pasar dari waktu ke waktu, jika seorang tahu dimana mencarinya.

Knowledge is what enables one to be wrong. (p. 11)

Theoretical knowledge is not the exclusive domain of ivory tower intellectuals, but is, in fact, a crucial necessity of man's proper survival. Every bit of your mental contents is derived from some theory, and your success and happiness hinge on whether it is true or false, good or evil.

A good education helps us make sense of the world and find our way in it

If what they say is true, and a wise warrior must know her enemy, then it may follow that the only person whom you understand . . . and who really understands you . . . is your enemy.

I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person.

There is absolutely no necessity to learn how to read; meat smells a mile off, anyway.

Jednak?e m?drzy ludzie w tym w?a?nie celu maj? rozum, ?eby si? nim pos?ugiwa? w podobnie skomplikowanych przypadkach.

Unfortunately, I cannot do that,' replied the master, 'because I burned it in the stove.' 'Forgive me, but I don't believe you,' Woland replied, 'that cannot be: manuscripts don't burn.

Oh, matalah yang paling utama. Kau bisa mengetahui segalanya—orang yang jiwanya sekering debu, orang yang tak akan pernah menggajul tulang rusukmu, dan orang yang takut pada semuanya. Yang disebut terakhir itu, para penjilat, merekalah yang kadang-kadang mesti digigit pergelangan kakinya.

Happy people are ignoramuses and glory is nothing else but success, and to achieve it one only has to be cunning.

Furthermore, the way in which the two (Freud and Jung) corresponds invoke Fliess's ghost leaves no doubt on the subject. They threaten each other with it between the lines, they frighten each other with it, and they do so because they know (but with a secret, esoteric knowledge that never goes beyond the bounds of the private correspondence) that Fliess had gone mad owing to his correspondence with Freud.

A man is responsible for his ignorance.

In Tereza's eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood

Man can only be certain about the present moment. But is that quite true either? Can he really know the present? Is he in a position to make any judgment about it? Certainly not. For how can a person with no knowledge of the future understand the meaning of the present? If we do not know what future the present is leading us toward, how can we say whether this present is good or bad, whether it deserves our concurrence, or our suspicion, or our hatred?

Jika ingin menghancurkan sebuah bangsa dan peradaban, hancurkan buku-bukunya; maka pastilah bangsa itu akan musnah.

She regarded books as the emblems of secret brotherhood. A man with this sort of library couldn't possibly hurt her.

All predictions are wrong, that's one of the few certainties granted to mankind.