Quotes About Knowledge

Knowing was the worst part. Awareness of insanity does not make one any less insane. Awareness of drowning does not make one any less of a drowning person—it only adds the burden of panic.

Her mother said fairy tales didn't have anything to do with the world, but Ofelia knew better. They had taught her everything about it.

Only her master knew her true name, for in the Magic Kingdom to know a name was to own the being that carried it.

Shiver by shiver, we gain insight [...].

Learning about adults' secrets means learning to understand their world—and how to survive

It's always just a few who know where to look and how to listen, that is true. But for the best stories, a few are just enough.

Gained a wealth of knowledge, scars that I have earned. Challenge upon challenge, tomorrow is anew. Fear no longer feeds here, I live with no regrets

There were limits to what I could learn.

Customs inspectors could not stop the export of software through telephone lines; labour inspectors could not stop software engineers from talking to customers in America at night; excise inspectors could not harass the IT firms because the government did not levy tax on services. Much like Gurgaon, India's knowledge economy literally grew at night when the government slept.

It was an unhurried pursuit. I did not want information. I wanted to be cultivated, and thus I read at leisure with lingering appreciation.

It's amazing what you can get on open source now if you actually use the right search engines to find the material.

To je zabluda. Knjiga ne može da zameni svet. To je nemogu?no. U životu sve ima svoj smisao i svoj zadatak koji ne mogu bez ostatka biti ispunjeni ne?im drugim. Nije mogu?no, na primer, proživeti nešto posredstvom nekog zamenika. Tako je i sa svetom i knjigom. Pokušavamo da život zatvorimo u knjige kao pticu peva?icu u kavez. Ali, u tome ne uspevamo. Naprotiv! ?ovek od knjiških apstrakcija ne izgra?uje ništa drugo nego sistem u vidu kaveza za sebe.

I have not let myself be stultified by science, whose highest goal is to furnish a `waiting room', which it would be best to tear down.

verzeihen Sie, daß ich so furchtbar gescheit daherrede, aber wenn man an der Universität ist, kommt einem eine Menge vertrottelter Bücher unter die Hände; unwillkürlich verfällt man dann in eine deppenhafte Ausdrucksweise.

Fine art is knowledge made visible.

Life must be a constant education one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

Our ignorance of history makes us libel to our own times. People have always been like this.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

Doubt … is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

Science promised us truth, or at least a knowledge of such relations as our intelligence can seize: it never promised us peace or happiness.

From the primary school till he leaves the university a young man does nothing but acquire books by heart without his judgment or personal initiative being ever called into play.

The explanation is that their science is only a very attenuated form of our universal ignorance.

Science promised us truth, or at least a knowledge of such relations as our intelligence can seize: it never promised us peace or happiness. Sovereignly indifferent to our feelings, it is deaf to our lamentations. It is for us to endeavour to live with science, since nothing can bring back the illusions it has destroyed.