#knowledge

"The quest for knowledge is passion to study."

"It's where we're nearest to our humanness. Useless knowledge for its own sake. Useful knowledge is good, too, but it's for the faint-hearted, an elaboration of the real thing, which is only to shine some light, it doesn't matter where on what, it's the light itself, against the darkness, it's what's left of God's purpose when you take away God."

"If you ask me what remains to be known in the future, I’ll say, ‘Memorize all the world’s encyclopedias.’ Once you do that, forget all that fancy junk and rake the leaves – else I’m gonna take a stick to you, boy."

"When most of the greatest individuals in history were misunderstood and you've spent so much of your own adult life misunderstood, you can't help but believe that the majority of people know very little worth knowing."

"Freedom [10w] You've never experienced freedom until you have nothing to lose."

"Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, the third is useless."

"Cancer [10w] It's odd that the cancer that kills you is you."

"Bespeckled Heroes [10w] Great heroes in 100 years become statues speckled with birdshit."

"War [10w] Fight wars not to win, but so our enemies don't."

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"Soar Like a Pigeon [10w] Better be a pigeon than an eagle with Indians around."

"2D or Not 2D [10w] The best thing about a two-dimensional world is nobody's fat."

"Socrates: This man, on one hand, believes that he knows something, while not knowing [anything]. On the other hand, I – equally ignorant – do not believe [that I know anything]."

"To be the only one who knows is lonely. No wonder Solomon, the wisest man, needed 900 concubines."

"Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only concern the reader is the merit of his words.Leave moral judgments to the preachers and aesthetic judgments to the critical readers."

"Hate Recycle Bin When you empty your hate recycle binit frees up more memory to write even better poetry.Just try it and tell me this isn't true!"

"Everything we experience in life is designed to shape our characters."

"To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence."

"The meditative mind sees disagreeable or agreeable things with equanimity, patience, and good-will. Transcendent knowledge is seeing reality in utter simplicity. (146)"

"Compassion [10w] Compassion is the combination to enter the vault of heaven."