Quotes About Knowledge

Call it God, call it the Atman, call it whatever you like. You know the Gita: The recollected mind is awake In the knowledge of the Atman Which is dark night to the ignorant: The ignorant are awake in their sense-life Which they think is daylight: To the seer it is darkness.

Trivia is mainstream. 'Nerd' is the new 'cool.

Eratosthenes , the mapmaker who was the first man to accurately measure the size of the Earth, was a librarian.

The real cocktail party conversation would probably go something like this: "Actually, I have a degree in geography." "Geography? Wow, I'm terrible with maps. I bet YOU know all your state capitals, though!" (Geographer's smile freezes, left eye starts to twitch uncontrollably.)

The great thing about knowing stuff is that anyone can do it.

In his book Why Geography Matters, the geographer Harm de Blij argues that the West's three great challenges of our time—Islamist terrorism, global warming, and the rise of China—are all problems of geography. An informed citizenry has to understand place, not because place is more important than other kinds of knowledge but because it forms the foundation for so much other knowledge.

there probably isn't a marriage or a relationship or a friendship anywhere today that wasn't jump-started by trivia.

As a kid, I always assumed the know-it-alls on Jeopardy! were obviously the smartest people in America. If you were smart, that's how you showed it: by knowing all your state flowers and kings of Saxony. But what if Rob's right and that's a different, much shallower kind of intelligence? Is my mountain of flash cards all for naught?

to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15

Her only life ambition was to read every good book that had ever been published.

No one that ever lived has ever had enough power, prestige, or knowledge to overcome the basic condition of all life - you win some and you lose some.

Knowledge within the project was as compartmentalised as an insect's body.

Una buena educación depende de una buena enseñanza».

Las habilidades suelen requerir una dosis considerable de educación y aprendizaje para poder desarrollarse. La tendencia natural no supone en absoluto que uno tenga que convertirse en un experto.

Understanding God's Word is an essential ingredient of wisdom, which is the ability to apply God's truth to life's complexities. Having wisdom does not mean that you understand all of God's ways; it means that you respond to life God's way (Deut. 29:29). The better you know the Bible, the wiser you will be and the more effectively you will deal with conflict.

A smart person learns from his mistakes, but a truly wise person learns from the mistakes of others.

Socrates was quoted as saying "The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.

The truth will not necessarily set you free, but truthfulness will.

Education is not a product but a relationship and a process; a relationship between student and lecturer, and process by which knowledge transforms the individual.

Toate religiile ne înva?? acelaÈ™i lucru È™i ne reamintesc c? purt?m în noi nem?rginirea, c? noi suntem întruparea frumuseÈ›ii È™i a cunoaÈ™terii È™i c? suntem doar o particul? de praf, dar în care se ascunde Universul, pentru c? suntem o parte din Dumnezeu. O parte? Nu! Noi suntem Dumnezeu, pentru c? infinitul nu este divizibil.

To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Magnificent phrases like 'inductive reactance' flow effortlessly from the lips of guys who can't cook hot dogs or find the flashing blue light in a K-Mart store.

Library stacks from this perspective are not a repository; they are a crowd.

Knowledge is a social construct, a consensus among the members of a community of knowledgeable peers.