knowledge

"At first sign of crisis, the ignorant don’t panic because they don’t know what’s going on, and then later they panic precisely because they don’t know what’s going on."

"If knowledge is power, let's spread it as widely as possible and dilute it to deny those who would abuse it."

"From the mouths of the innocents flows truth."

"Trivia are not knowledge. Lists of facts don't comprise knowledge. Analyzing, hypothesizing, concluding from data, sharing insights, those comprise knowledge. You can't google for knowledge."

"The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle.From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925."

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care"

"Everyone knew as much as they needed to know to be happy."

"Grandma's Advice on Ambition "Children, if you aim for the stars you'll be impaled by small meteorites and become toast."

"Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith! Banish me from Eden when you will; but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge!"

"I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self security. Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not."

"In the new century science will defeat famine, boredom, and the plague, but . . . vital knowledge will become so elevated that nobody will know how anything works. . . . the good news is that everybody will be empowered; the bad news is nobody will understand why."

"There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance."

"I will not join the rat race because I'm not a rat. And I will not blindly follow a specific faith because I'm not a bat. The only race I'll take part in is for humans being humane. It's called the human race, and sadly it's got the least participants."

"There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing."

"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in."

"The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery."

"Dein Wissen hat keine Bedeutung, wenn niemand anderes weiß, dass du weißt."

"You know that I know you know, but I want you to know that I know you know I know you know I know. It’s important for you to know that, you know?"

"Sharia Justice [10w] Sharia justice is a lynch mob masquerading as Allah's will."

"Retail [10w] The first and last sale of the day are best."