knowledge

"It is easy to understand that in the dreary middle ages the Aristotelian logic would be very acceptable to the controversial spirit of the schoolmen, which, in the absence of all real knowledge, spent its energy upon mere formulas and words, and that it would be eagerly adopted even in its mutilated Arabian form, and presently established as the centre of all knowledge."

"Passion for knowledge, motivation for continuous learning."

"... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the cosmos."

"One is seldom unchanged by the death of those one loves. It gives me a deeper knowledge of them, and so of oneself in regard to them."

"Grateful [10w] + [10w] If you can't think of anything you should be grateful for,think that you can think and be grateful for that."

"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."

"No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere."

"It wasn't science and technology that cause a slow progress, but collective knowledge of the society and market demands."

"A little learning is a dangerous thing.Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring;There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,and drinking largely sobers us again."

"To acquire knowledge, one must study;but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."

"To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment."

"Eye of God [10w] The Hubble-Universe is a microchip in the Eye of God."

"The dead know everything but they don't give a damn."

"Let's get physical, physical [10w] All physical contact is meaningful,even if meaningful means sleazy."

"Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding"

"One person's craziness is another person's reality."

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it."

"Till Death Do You Part [10w] Marriage will indeed change people ~for better or for worse."

"I sped-read through a book that probably weighed a pound, though I only gleaned about nine ounces of information. That's because it was a book on love that I read while making love. I multitask like I pay by the hour."

"Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword."