Quotes About Knowledge

We are free only insofar as we exercise control over what people know about us, and in what circumstances they come to know it.

To abandon facts is to abandon freedom.

To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. You submit to tyranny when you renounce the difference between what you want to hear and what is actually the case. This renunciation of reality can feel natural and pleasant, but the result is your demise as an individual, and thus the collapse of any political system that depends on individualism

Make an effort to separate yourself from the internet. Read books.

History does not repeat, but it does instruct. As

States should invest in science so that the future can be calmly contemplated.

Still, even when false, legends can be most informative.

It is never wrong to be curious. But it can sometimes be dangerous.

So I think it is common knowledge that Hitchcock had fantasies or whatever you want to call them about his leading ladies.

The evil that we know is best.

This impulse to preserve past knowledge by hitching narrative explanation to items exhibits what Ulrich calls the 'mnemonic power of goods.' Things become bearers of memory and information, especially when enhanced by stories that expand their capacity to carry meaning.

Perché bisogna conoscere per poter trovare.

There are two things that grant a bit of immortality: books and children

Baz? halklar?n neden kutsal yaz?lara, öte boyutlardan gelen birilerinin getirdi?i mesajlara gereksinme duymad?klar?n? ?imdi anl?yordum. Gözlerinin önünde, herkese aç?k, okunmay? bekleyen bir kitap oldu?unu biliyorlard?. Bütün mesajlar oradayd?. Do?ada, insano?lunun onu sömürmek ve kendi amaçlar?na uygun kullanmak için henüz ellerini uzatmad???, gizliden gizliye kutsal bir özellik vard?.

Ho l'impressione che più informazioni abbiamo, più siamo ignoranti.

I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That's because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life.

A man who denies his past is a man who truly denies himself a future, for he refuses to know himself, and to deny knowledge of oneself is to stumble through life as handicapped as the blind mute.

Intelligence is power; it is the flame behind the spark of intrigue

Information is the mortar that both builds and destroys empires

He realized how little he knew, how unimaginably vast the universe was, and how its emptiness was only another word for mystery.

Civilized nations build libraries; lands that have lost their soul close them down.

I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it.

You can only know what you know. Belief is not the same as knowledge. Belief is an assumption of knowledge despite a lack of evidence.

The act of articulating a system of thought implies the belief that a better world is possible and that the knowledge the system provides will assist in realizing the better world.