#knowledge

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. ↗

— Socrates

#ignorance

... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance. ↗

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

#knowledge #ignorance

The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is. ↗

— James Carlos Blake

#self-knowledge #tragedy #first-sentence

Doctor Who: You want weapons? We're in a library. Books are the best weapon in the world. This room's the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm yourself! (from Tooth and Claw in Season 2) ↗

— Russell T. Davies

#knowledge #reading #weapons #knowledge

Who knows more about male weakness: you or me? Use my knowledge, Sage. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#sydney-sage #knowledge

The knowledge of all things is possible ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#curiosity #knowledge #learning #knowledge

I'm fat because I'm greedy, and if my mind is fat it's because I'm curious. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#greed #knowledge #greed

I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#knowledge #pleasure #curiosity

Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#knowledge #mysticism #unknowing #description

The excitable observer will pass judgement first and then make knowledge conform to judgement; the prudent observer will first learn to know and then judge according to knowledge. ↗

— Thomas Cleary

#knowledge #observer #conformity