“The biologically harmful effects of man-made environmental radiation was a jigsaw of existing information that needed to be assembled by a group of independent researchers that had a broad range of knowledge and were free of corrupt corporate government influence.”

“Розум — одне з найбільших людських обдарувань. Але дуже часто пошуки знання перешкоджають пошукам любові. Це ще одна істина, яку я відкрив для себе зовсім недавно. Я пропоную її вам як гіпотезу: розум без здатності віддавати й отримувати любов приводить до ментального й морального зриву, до неврозу й, можливо, навіть до психозу. А ще я скажу, що розум, який зосередився на собі як на центрі, що виключає людські взаємини, може привести тільки до насильства й болю [246].”

“Knowledge will reveal its value only when we use it to gain wisdom through experience.”

“Knowledge and education are the key to this human tragedy which is a bonfire of hate fueled by ignorance.”

“Dear Miss Pomeroy, I am saddened by the things I do not know. There are hundreds–thousands–of books in the world and I will never be able to read all of them.I am old.Walter”

“Knowledge is a unique kind of property, indeed: you can share it with others, while still possessing it.”

“They asked for Plato’s assistance. He told them: “You hated wisdom and ran away from geometry, therefore God has afflicted you a punishment, for wisdom and philosophical knowledge have a high rank with God.” … The plague was lifted and they ceased to defame the branches of theoretical knowledge.”

“All we can do is to prepare for a universal language that will go on changing for ever. We don’t know everything. We aren’t final. I wish we could make that statement a part of the Fundamental Law.”

“What “wasting time” means? At the time we glorify self instead of glorify God, at that time we are wasting our time as… God is Time.”

“I love people that read. I think it screams humility. When someone reads, they are essentially admitting they want more, that the world is not enough for them. They want more knowledge, more experience. Whatever this life is, they want more of it.”

“Les faux savants sont comme tes amis qui chantent avec les chansons anglaises ; de loin, tu penses qu’ils connaissent les paroles par cœur, mais une fois la chanson s’arrête, tu te rends compte qu’ils ne savent rien!”

“Suppose someone tried to write your biography. What nonsense! How much would he know? Would he know what you thought when you looked in the subway slot-machine? How brutally you spoke when you were angry? How Nature rode you with a busy spur? How you fell on your knees late at night?”

“You may have good skills and better knowledge, but it is your attitude that will bring people closer to you.”

“Knowledge is courage; understanding brings calmness and humility”