Francis Bacon Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Men Quotes

My praise shall be dedicated to the mind itself. The mind is the man, and the knowledge is the mind. A man is but what he knoweth. The mind is but an accident to knowledge, for knowledge is the double of that which is.

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Ere long intelligence-transmitted without wires-will throb through the earth like a pulse through a living organism. The wonder is that, with the present state of knowledge and the experiences gained, no attempt is being made to disturb the electrostatic or magnetic condition of the earth, and transmit, if nothing else, intelligence.

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The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other.

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Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.

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The mind of the scholar, if you would have it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds. It is better that his armor should be somewhat bruised by rude encounters even, than hang forever rusting on the wall.

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Tags : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes , Wall Quotes , Knowledge Quotes

I like to have a person's knowledge comprehend more than one class of topics, one row of shelves. I like a person who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Knowledge Quotes , Class Quotes

When I behold a rich landscape, it is less to my purpose to recite correctly the order and superposition of the strata, than to know why all thought of multitude is lost in a tranquil sense of unity.

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The first and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew.

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Wisdom without love is like having lungs but no air to breathe. Do not seek wisdom in order to acquire knowledge but in order to live and love more fully.

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Tags : Adyashanti Quotes , Life Quotes , Knowledge Quotes

By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.

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Tags : William Wordsworth Quotes , Knowledge Quotes , Mean Quotes

It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor family, does not permanently enrich. They have served no apprenticeship to wealth, and with the rapid wealth come rapid claims which they do not know how to deny, and the treasure is quickly dissipated.

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The goal is to know how not-to-know.

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Tags : D. H. Lawrence Quotes , Knowledge Quotes , Goal Quotes

There is nothing higher than reason.

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The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas.

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Where my reason, imagination or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.

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There are men who teach best by not teaching at all.

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Tags : Abraham Flexner Quotes , Teaching Quotes , Knowledge Quotes

From whatever you wish to know and measure you must take your leave, at least for a time. Only when you have left the town can yousee how high its towers rise above the houses.

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For all the talk you hear about knowledge being such a wonderful thing, instinct is worth forty of it for real unerringness.

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All human knowledge begins with intuitions, proceeds from thence to concepts, and ends with ideas.

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