Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. less than 1 minute read
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more. less than 1 minute read
The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. less than 1 minute read
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? less than 1 minute read
Intuition and concepts constitute⦠the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge. less than 1 minute read
There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge⦠observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination. less than 1 minute read
The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it. less than 1 minute read