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  • The superior student listens to the Way and follows it closely. The average student listens to the Way and follows some and some not. The lesser student listens to the Way and laughs out loud. If there were no laughter it would not be the Way.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Laughter Quotes , Knowledge Quotes
  • But this is that which will dignify and exalt knowledge: if contemplation and action be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united together than they have been: a conjunction like unto that of the highest planets, Saturn, the planet of rest and contemplation, and Jupiter, the planet of civil society and action.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Francis Bacon Quotes , Knowledge Quotes , Together Quotes
  • Wonder... and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Adam Smith Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Knowledge Quotes
  • Whereas young people become accomplished in geometry and mathematics, and wise within these limits, prudent young people do not seem to be found. The reason is that prudence is concerned with particulars as well as universals, and particulars become known from experience, but a young person lacks experience, since some length of time is needed to produce it.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Wise Quotes , Knowledge Quotes