Short quotations about, knowledge - Page 3

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When you know a thing, to hold that…

15 Feb , 2011  

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge. Great short quote and quotation by: Confucius, The Confucian Analects , Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)

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T. S. Eliot, The Rock

Where is the wisdom we have lost in…

15 Feb , 2011  

Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? Great short quote and quotation by: T. S. Eliot, The Rock , British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet (1888 – 1965)

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Where there is much desire to learn…

15 Feb , 2011  

Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinions in good men is but knowledge in the making. Great short quote and quotation by: John Milton , English poet (1608 – 1674)

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Wisdom is the right use of knowledg…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. Great short quote and […]

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Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledg…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge. Great short quote and quotation by: Friedrich Nietzsche , German philosopher (1844 – 1900)

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George Gurdjieff

Without self knowledge, without und…

15 Feb , 2011  

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. Great short quote and quotation by: George Gurdjieff ,

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Socrates, Phaedrus, sct. 275

You are providing for your disciple…

27 Apr , 2010  

You are providing for your disciples a show of wisdom without the reality. For, acquiring by your means much information unaided by instruction, they will appear to possess much knowledge, while, in fact, they will, for the most part, know nothing at all; and, moreover, be disagreeable people to deal with, as having become wise […]

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Robert Collier

You can do anything you think you c…

27 Apr , 2010  

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Collier ,

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