And last are the few whose delight is in meditation and understanding; who yearn not for goods, nor for victory, but for knowledge; who leave both market and battlefield to lose themselves in the quiet clarity of secluded thought; whose will is a light rather than a fire, whose haven is not power but truth: these are the men of wisdom, who stand aside unused by the world.
Will DurantTags: truth knowledge philosophy philosopher
The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is.
Susan SontagTags: wisdom knowledge ignorance truth-telling
Many things the gods achieve beyond our judgement,'" said the sorrowful girl. "'What we thought is not confirmed and what we thought not God contives.
John IrvingTags: knowledge religion faith thought
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
G.K. ChestertonTags: humor wisdom knowledge ignorance
he who will not economize will have to agonize
ConfuciusTags: wisdom knowledge suffering ignorance frugality
The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
John LockeThe relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know that the earth is turning away from it. Yet the knowledge, the explanation, never quite fits the sight.
John BergerTags: knowledge seeing explanations connections
You know a trillion times more about art than me. But I’ve learned that it isn’t necessary to know all that much. You just make what you wanna see, right? It’s a game, right? It’s like being paid for dreaming.
Tom RobbinsWhereas a novice makes moves until he gets checkmated (proof), a Grand Master realizes 20 moves in advance that it’s futile to continue playing (conceptualizing).
Bill GaedeTags: science prediction knowledge theory scientific-method chess proof extinction hypothesis gaede conceptualizing
Man wants three things; life, knowledge, and love.
Fulton J. SheenTags: life love knowledge wants
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