With words at your disposal, you can see more clearly. Finding the words is another step in learning to see.
Robin Wall KimmererStichwörter: words knowledge literacy clarity-of-perception
Of course. You get everything from books.
Gregory MaguireStichwörter: reading books knowledge wicked
John,” she said, “does it make every one—unhappy when they study and learn lots of things?”
He paused and smiled. “I am afraid it does,” he said.
“And, John, are you glad you studied?”
“Yes,” came the answer, slowly but positively.
She watched the flickering lights upon the sea, and said thoughtfully, “I wish I was unhappy,—and—and,” putting both arms about his neck, “I think I am, a little, John.
Stichwörter: knowledge learning sadness unhappiness studying
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].
PlatoStichwörter: knowledge philosophy
A fool can easily be known(identified) by what proceeds from his or her mouth.
Adedayo kingjerryStichwörter: wisdom knowledge ignorance
Only a blind man can easily define what light is. When you do not know, you are bold. Ignorance is always bold; knowledge hesitates. And the more you know, the more you feel that the ground underneath is dissolving. The more you know, the more you feel how ignorant you are.
OshoStichwörter: knowledge ignorance
Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing.
Victor HugoStichwörter: wisdom science certainty knowledge
All we know is what we're told.
Ashly LorenzanaStichwörter: life truth perception reality knowledge acceptance trust subjectivity
Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge.... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine, equipped to work efficiently, if narrowly, and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric, odd gems, worthless but fascinating curiosities, tinsel, quaint bits of carving, and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position.
Robertson DaviesAnd if Amsterdam was hell, and if hell was a memory, then he realized that perhaps there was some purpose to his being lost. Cut off from everything that was familiar to him, unable to discover even a single point of reference, he saw that his steps, by taking him nowhere, were taking him him nowhere but into himself. He was wandering inside himself, and he was lost. Far from troubling him, this state of being lost because a source of happiness, of exhilaration. He breathed it into his very bones. As if on the brink of some previously hidden knowledge, he breathed it into his very bones and said to himself, almost triumphantly: I am lost.
Paul AusterStichwörter: knowledge lost memory
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