Quotes About Knowledge

Pourtant les analogies entre le récit scientifique et ces mythes sont indéniables... S'agit-il d'une coïncidence ? Ou d'un savoir intuitif ? nous sommes nous memes composés de la poussière du Big Bang. Peut-être portons-nous en nous la mémoire de l'univers ?

Le long sentier vers l'humanisation de l'humanité est éclairé par trois lumières : le désir de comprendre le monde (la science), de l'embellir (l'art) et d'aider les êtres vivants à vivre (l'empathie). Trois mots à retenir : « connaîtras », « créer », « compatir ».

When I began to read, a whole new world opened to me. I became interested in books. I still could not read very well, but each new book made it easier. I did not mind spending many hours, because reading was enjoyment, rather than work. When I reached this point, I accumulated books and read one after another. I did this all through my senior year in high school and the summer following. By the time I really knew my way through a book, I had graduated from high school.

It is not true that people learn nothing from history: they are marvellous at learning the wrong lessons.

The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.

But, as the ninth-century cultural critic Jahiz wrote, `Some people who affect asceticism and self denial are uneasy and embarrassed when cunt, cock and fucking are mentioned but most men you find like that are without knowledge, honour, nobility or dignity.'2 I have certainly not played up these features of the narrative,

All wisdom is plagiarism; only stupidiy is original.

Qui t'as dit que je ne le savais pas ? -Tu le sais ? -Non.

The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture?

No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.

True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does.

Being self-taught is no disgrace; but being self-certified is another matter.

Knowledge can be heady stuff, but it easily leads to an excess of zeal! -- to illusions of grandeur and a desire to impress others and achieve eminence . . . Our search for knowledge should be ceaseless, which means that it is open-ended, never resting on laurels, degrees, or past achievements.

The very helplessness of the public which makes it necessary for them to consult the experts also makes it impossible for them to judge how expert they are.

As knowledge increases, the verdict of yesterday must be reversed today, and in the long run the most positive authority is the least to be trusted.

The gas-law of learning: . . . any amount of information no matter how small will fill any intellectual void no matter how large.

In that atmosphere, false information flourishes; and subjects in tests are "eager to listen to and believe any sort of preposterous nonsense."16

I wish" assumes that I know what is the opposite of my present experience.

The tools of the mind can be wrongly used, but the mind possesses no wrong tools.

Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser?

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

I'm a reading addict. I can't live without it, like someone who is addicted to drugs.

A profunda ignorância é o que inspira o tom dogmático". La Bruyère

Fortunately science, like that nature to which it belongs, is neither limited by time nor by space. It belongs to the world, and is of no country and no age. The more we know, the more we feel our ignorance the more we feel how much remains unknown.