When we belong to a community and learn things that are no way related to our society, we live as unwanted entities in that society.
To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine - to - five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you...
I believe there are no questions that science can't answer about a physical universe.
All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact which is obvious in that no one's brain rejects it; for laymen...
Kids all want to look cool, as if knowledge is a great burden, but they're always looking around. They remember.
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
It is true, there could be a metaphysical world; the absolute possibility of it is hardly to be disputed. We behold all things through the human head and cannot cut off this head; while the question...
Love is ever the beginning of Knowledge as fire is of light.
Topica from Afar discusses many topics and ideas. It brings the far ranging to the here and now and it is meant to enlighten and teach those whose minds are open to endless possibilities. Being...
Saying of the Prophet. Ink and Blood: The ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.
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I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
We might not be equal in what we know but we are equal in what we do not know.
If you don't know history, you don't know anything. Edward Johnston
Though our collective level of knowledge may always be defined by a certain set of answers, we are never limited by the questions we may pose.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Knowledge that does not change behaviour is useless. But knowledge that changes behaviour quickly loses its relevance.
Men of power have not time to read, yet men who do not read are not fit for power.
More people are finding satisfaction in wealth, but real wealth is knowledge; knowledge is organized in books, and books are available in the libraries.
Our knowledge is limited. However, reading augments our knowledge.
I know ..you know .. Together, we know nothing.
Knowledge perpetuates luck and luck perpetuates knowledge
Flame is not the only fire. You have brought your folk another spark far greater than any flame. You have opened their eyes to the world, Aljan, shown them lands and peoples formerly beyond their ken....
Anyone can put a price on knowledge - schools and universities do it all the time, but no one can put a price on wisdom for it can neither be bought nor sold. It should be given and accepted with no...
Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
The ultimate goal of humanity is knowledge.
Knowing nothing can get you humiliated and knowing a little bit can get you killed, but knowing all of it will bring you power.
The trouble was, how could you know what question to ask? It seemed to her that you were in a position to ask a really correct question only if you already knew the answer, and what was the point of...
The Red Lion was a four-ale bar with a handful of lowbrowed sons of toil who looked as though they...
What could you do? Major Major asked himself again. What could you do with a man who looked you...
If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order...
We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle.
Hope for some means its loss for others; when the hopeless regain some hope, those in power--the...
Keep in mind that when we talk of a great painting we are not really talking about anything great....
Why are they going to disappear him? I don't know. It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good...
Read me back the last line. 'Read me back the last line,' read back the corporal who could take...
It isn't even good grammar. What the hell does it mean when they disappear somebody?