One’s opinion should only be as strong as one’s knowledge on the matter.
Eric HirzelTags: science intelligence knowledge opinions assumptions open-mindedness close-mindedness
God did not mean us to be ignorant. He left us this marvelous universe to decipher and understand.
James TargettTags: knowledge god faith universe ignorance marvels
Nobody knows. What good's an opinion if you don't know? My grandfather knew the number of whiskers in the Almighty's beard. I don't even know what happened yesterday, let alone tomorrow. He knew what it was that makes a rock or table. I don't even understand the formula that says nobody knows. We've got nothing to go on -- got no way to think about things.
John SteinbeckTags: knowledge specialization
Generally in life, knowledge is acquired to be used. But school learning more often fits Freire's apt metaphor: knowledge is treated like money, to be put away in a bank for the future.
Seymour PapertTags: science life money future knowledge learning pedagogy freire paulo-freire
Follow your heart, but don't lose your mind along the way.
Zack W. VanTags: wisdom knowledge dreams follow-your-heart
Old Sam Hamilton saw this coming. He said there couldn’t be any more universal philosophers. The weight of knowledge is too great for one mind to absorb. He saw a time when one man would know only one little fragment, but he would know it well.”
“Yes,” Lee said from the doorway, “and he deplored it. He hated it.”
“Did he, now?” Adam asked...
“Now you question it, I don’t know,” he said. “I don’t know whether he hated it or I hate it for him... Maybe the knowledge is too great and maybe men are growing too small... Maybe kneeling down to atoms, they’re becoming atom-sized in their souls. Maybe a specialist is only a coward, afraid to look out of his little cage. And think what any specialist misses! The whole world over his fence!”
“We’re only talking about making a living.”
“A living? Or money?” Lee said excitedly. “Money’s easy to make if it’s money you want. But with a few exceptions people don’t want money. They want luxury, and they want love, and they want admiration.
Tags: money education knowledge specialization
Kindness is the supreme intelligence.
Bryant McGillTags: intelligence kindness knowledge
I like to share info
Jay WoodmanTags: knowledge sharing networking solutions
The more you read within a balanced life, the more time you have. Strange but true.
Mark DonnellyTags: knowledge passion peace balance fun entertaining reading-for-life
The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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