The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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Knowledge Quotations Click - Sub Categories - Dreams - Education - Ideas - Ignorance - Intelligence - Originality - Philosophy - Wisdom - Words  Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.Adams, President John Quincy Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.Asimov, Isaac You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is that reason doesn't count.Asimov, Isaac Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digestedBacon, Sir Francis Book: Essays, 50, 'Of Studies' Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.Bacon, Sir Francis To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess.Blake, William The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to remount first principles, and to take nobody’s word about them.Bolingbroke, Viscount Henry St. John You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Bradbury, Ray Douglas Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow. Buddha We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamationBurke, Edmund Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.Carey, Sandra The road winds up the hill to meet the height;Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight - And yet no man would foolishly contend. That where he sees it not, it makes an end. Carleton, Emma It is important to do what you don't know how to do. It is important to see your skills as keeping you from learning what is deepest and most mysterious. If you know how to focus, unfocus. If your tendency is to make sense out of chaos, start chaosCastaneda, Carlo Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weighChesterfield, Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of What really matters is the name you succeed in imposing on the facts - not the facts themselves.Cohen, Jerome Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.Colton, Charles Caleb « Previous Page | Next Page » |
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