Quotes About Knowledge

the more things you know, or pretend to know, the more powerful you are. It doesn't matter if things are true. What counts, remember, is to possess a secret.

RzeczywiÅ›cie, czÄ™sto siÄ™ zdarza, ?e idzie siÄ™ do biblioteki, bo chce siÄ™ ksi??kÄ™ o znanym tytule, ale gÅ'ównÄ… funkcjÄ… biblioteki, a przynajmniej funkcjÄ… biblioteki w moim domu i w domach wszystkich znajomych, jakich mo?emy odwiedza?, jest odkrywanie ksi??ek, których istnienia siÄ™ nie podejrzewaÅ'o, a które, jak siÄ™ okazuje, sÄ… dla nas niezwykle wa?ne.

Thus God knows the world, because He conceived it in His mind, as if from the outside, before it was created, and we do not know its rule, because we live inside it, having found it already made.

A paradox is a genuine reversal of the commonly accepted point of view, one that presents an unacceptable world, thereby eliciting resistance and rejection, and yet, if we make an effort to understand it, it is one that leads to knowledge; eventually it seems to be witty because it has to be admitted that it is true.

Pengetahuan Tuhan mewujud dalam pengetahuan manusia

Nav nek?, ko es zin?tu. Ir lietas, ko saj?t sirds...

he would learn—truth is brief (afterward, it is all commentary). So

Wer nicht liest, wird mit 70 Jahren nur ein einziges Leben gelebt haben: Sein eigenes. Wer liest, wird 5000 Jahre gelebt haben: Er war dabei, als Kain Abel tötete, als Renzo Lucia heiratete, als Leopardi die Unendlichkeit bewunderte. Denn Lesen ist eine Unsterblichkeit nach hinten." – Der Name der Rose (S. 124 bis 130) von Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco is the owner of a large personal library of almost 30,000 books that he has not read. [To him] read books are far less valuable than unread ones.

And is a library, then, an instrument not for distributing the truth but for delaying its appearance?

The only truths that are useful are instruments to be thrown away.

Vai via ora, mi disse in fretta, ti ho detto quello che volevi sapere. Di qui il coro degli angeli, di là la gola dell'inferno.

En París siempre tienen la respuesta verdadera? —Nunca, pero están muy seguros de sus errores.

Philosophy has a practical power: it contributes to the changing of the world.

El saber no es como la moneda, que se mantiene físicamente intacta incluso a través de los intercambios más infames; se parece más bien a un traje de gran hermosura, que el uso y la ostentación van desgastando.

Vivimos para los libros. Dulce misión en este mundo dominado por el desorden y la decadencia.

enanos —admitió Guillermo—, pero enanos subidos sobre los hombros de aquellos gigantes y, aunque pequeños, a veces logramos ver más allá de su horizonte.

Se avessi la risposta a tutte le domande, insegnerei Teologia a Parigi.

Estudio. —¿Va a la universidad o estudia? —Aunque le parezca extraño, una cosa no está reñida con la otra.

WILLIAM OF BASKERVILLE: [after finding the secret room of books in the tower] How many more rooms? Ah! How many more books? No one should be forbidden to consult these books freely. ADSO OF MELIC: Perhaps they are thought to be too precious, too fragile. WILLIAM OF BASKERVILLE: No, it's not that, Adso. It's because they often contain a wisdom that is different from ours and ideas that could encourage us to doubt the infallability of the word of God... And doubt, Adso, is the enemy of faith.

É verdade, disse Bêncio, sorrindo pela primeira vez com o rosto quase se iluminando. Nós vivemos para os livros. Doce missão neste mundo dominado pela desordem e pela decadência.

i filosofi sono specializzati nel formulare domande di cui non conoscono le risposte, mentre un pastore d'anime è per definizione colui che ha sempre la risposta giusta. Fortunatamente

Often books speak of books.

It's true," Benno said, smiling for the first time, his face growing almost radiant. "We live for books. A sweet mission in this world dominated by disorder and decay.