Knowledge
Quotes - The known is finite, the unknown infinite
“There
is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.”
―
Robert Burns, Collected Poems of Robert Burns
“It
is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or
set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in
an hour pulls down.”
―
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda
“Knowledge
is freedom and ignorance is slavery.”
―
Miles Davis, Miles: The Autobiography
“Take
the matter as you find it ask no questions, utter no remonstrances; it is your
best wisdom. You expected bread and you have got a stone: break your teeth on
it, and don't shriek because the nerves are martyrised; do not doubt that your
mental stomach - if you have such a thing - is strong as an ostrich's; the
stone will digest. You held out your hand for an egg, and fate put into it a
scorpion. Show no consternation; close your fingers firmly upon the gift; let
it sting through your palm. Never mind; in time, after your hand and arm have
swelled and quivered long with torture, the squeezed scorpion will die, and you
will have learned the great lesson how to endure without a sob.”
―
Charlotte Brontë, Shirley
“The
known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in
the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every
generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and
the solidity of our possessions. And even a cursory glance at the history of
the biological sciences during the last quarter of a century is sufficient to
justify the assertion, that the most potent instrument for the extension of the
realm of natural knowledge which has come into men's hands, since the
publication of Newton's ‘Principia’, is Darwin's ‘Origin of Species.”
―
Thomas Henry Huxley
“Being
able to hear the voice of my Lord fosters trust that gives me the power to
stand toe-to-toe against any opponent and speak God’s truth into reality,
calling His Kingdom to come into my situation.”
―
Ami Loper, Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God
“When
we walk out of our boundaries, we find out that knowledge is not a completion
or a windfall, but a long process of revisions or adjustments. Likewise, we
recognize that wisdom results from the painful filtering of experiences we
collect on the bumpy path of life. ‘("Loss of benchmarks")”
―
Erik Pevernagie
“Anything
less than true companionship with God leaves us feeling on the fringes, close
but not close enough.”
―
Ami Loper, Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God
“The
acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus
drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated
unless it is first known.”
―
Leonardo da Vinci
“Anna's
eyes soften, and the stubborn tears begin to recede. The way she stands, the
way she breathes, I know she wants to come closer. New knowledge fills up the
air between us and neither of us wants to breathe it in.”
― Kendare
Blake, Anna Dressed in Blood
“Yeah.
Floyd is his batman."
His
what?"
Batman,
like in the British army, each officer had a batman, a personal servant."
You
spend too much time reading, Spenser. You know more stuff that don't make you
money than anybody I know.”
―
Robert B. Parker, Mortal Stakes
“The
ability to retain a child's view of the world with at the same time a mature
understanding of what it means to retain it, is extremely rare - and a person
who has these qualities is likely to be able to contribute something really
important to our thinking.”
―
Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
