Our civilization is not Christian. It does not come from the skies. It is not a result of "inspiration." It is the child of invention, of discovery, of applied knowledge -- that is to say, of science. When man becomes great and grand enough to admit that all have equal rights; when thought is untrammeled; when worship shall consist in doing useful things; when religion means the discharge of obligations to our fellow-men, then, and not until then, will the world be civilized.
Robert G. IngersollTags: science knowledge society religion invention rights
I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the star-less night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.
Robert G. IngersollTags: knowledge reason understanding
The agnostic does not simply say, "l do not know." He goes another step, and he says, with great emphasis, that you do not know. He insists that you are trading on the ignorance of others, and on the fear of others. He is not satisfied with saying that you do not know, -- he demonstrates that you do not know, and he drives you from the field of fact -- he drives you from the realm of reason -- he drives you from the light, into the darkness of conjecture -- into the world of dreams and shadows, and he compels you to say, at last, that your faith has no foundation in fact.
Robert G. IngersollTags: knowledge reason atheism fact understanding facts agnosticism theism
The ancient Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing.
SocratesTags: wisdom truth knowledge greece prophecy
Old words are reborn with new faces.
Criss JamiTags: wisdom words books knowledge learning poetry writing understanding generations quotes faces quotations studying rebirth aphorisms new
Children usually have a natural curiosity about the world and everything in it until they get to school and somebody throws them against the locker because they get A's and act intelligent. After that, some kids try to dumb it down and adapt.
Joshua NeikTags: wisdom intelligence education knowledge bullying education-system
If we wish for our country to have an exponentially brighter future, one of the things we need to change is the popular perception some kids have towards school. School is not a prison, it is not a night club, it is not a fight club; school is for learning, learning is the thing that begins the process of separating us from the animals.
Joshua NeikTags: wisdom intelligence education knowledge education-system
Participating in class, doing your homework, and basically just having your shit together and doing what's got to be done shouldn't be seen as a lame move, it's extremely counterproductive to the fostering of our collective intelligence.
Joshua NeikTags: wisdom intelligence education knowledge education-system
أيقنت أننى أنتسب إلى نوع من ديدان الورق التى تأكل الكتب و تشرب الحبر و محكوم عليها بالأفكار الشاقة المؤبدة
أنيس منصورTags: reading thinking knowledge book-lovers ink
If we could all love each and every person that crosses our path a little bit more, we could attain inner peace with the knowledge that many people on this planet would be hurting a whole lot less.
Molly FriedenfeldTags: wisdom truth happiness love knowledge inspirational-quotes joy inner-peace path little unconditional-love planet hurting crosses
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