knowledge

"Know yourself better than your opponent knows you, know your opponent better than he knows himself, know yourself better than you know your opponent, and know you have all this knowledge and you will be victorious. That’s the advice I’ll give my clone before I defeat him in battle."

"Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did."

"...Writings can be stolen, or changed, or used for evil purposes. But isn't the risk worth taking? The more people who share knowledge, the greater safeguard for it. Isn't there more danger in ignorance than knowledge?"

"Invariably, knowledge dictates life, liberty, and death, but those who have historically occupied the seats of power not only dictate what is defined as knowledge but also dictate what’s included, what’s excluded, and how it is filtered to society vis-à-vis America’s major institutions . . . particularly the educational system; ultimately, shaping the very essence of life."

"Before this generation lose the wisdom, one advice - read books."

"This magical, marvelous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell. It has a journey. It leaves a footprint. It leaves a legacy. To eat with reckless abandon, without conscience, without knowledge; folks, this ain't normal."

"There were long stretches of DNA in between genes that didn't seem to be doing very much; some even referred to these as "junk DNA,"though a certain amount of hubris was required for anyone to call any part of the genome "junk,"given our level of ignorance."

"The sum of things to be known is inexhaustible, and however long we read, we shall never come to the end of our story-book."(Introductory lecture as professor of Latin at University College, London, 3 October 1892)"

"There is much that I do not know and I'd like to know even less."

"They knew many things but had no idea why. And strangely this made them more, rather than less, certain that they were right."

"Heartbreak [10w] Heartbreak’s like a heart attack but without the hospital bills."

"Stumble When you don't know how to end a sentence you've stumbled upon a truth."

"Today wouldn't have happened if histories weren't falsified."

"Shall I teach you what knowledge?When you know a thing, say that you know it;when you do not know a thing,admit that you do not know it.That is knowledge"

"Soup [10w] Never marry anyone who eats their soup with a ladle."

"Pussy [10w] Her pussy was heaven's gate and the backdoor of hell."

"Err [10w] My dear, "To err is human — to forgive, to redefine."

"Fame [10w] Fame has a funny way of rewriting your entire past."

"We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it too great a preponderance in method in every other branch of study."

"Hypocrisy [10w] Religion without hypocrisy doesn't exist;that's man's imperfection, not God's."