All Quotes By Tag: Knowledge

“من ظن أنه بقراءة كتاب أو أكثر صار مفكراً .. أو أديباً.. فهو واهم، ومن أمسك بتلابيب الفتوى في أمور الدين أو الدنيا لمجرد حفظه لعشر أحاديث وبعض قصار السور فهو مفتون”

“Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.”

“Always hear others out and remain open-minded; the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.”

“Alle Wege führen zur Erkenntnis der Nichtigkeit aller Dinge, aber keiner führt zurück.”

“The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man.”

“Generally in life, knowledge is acquired to be used. But school learning more often fits Freire’s apt metaphor: knowledge is treated like money, to be put away in a bank for the future.”

“The family is the cradle of the world’s misinformation.”

“Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.”

“Only the subject’s individual consciousness can testify for the unwitnessed acts, and there is no act more deprived of external testimony than the act of knowing.”

“Those swift to think are not always secure.”

“I only know everything if you ask the right questions.”

“Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.”

“Shall any gazer see with mortal eyes,Or any searcher know by mortal mind,Veil after veil will lift–but there must be Veil upon veil behind.”

“The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing.”

“It’s common platitude that knowledge is neutral but every now and then it would be useful if it was on your side and not theirs.”