#knowledge

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. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#collects #combination #combines #experimentation #facts

The existence of inherent limits of experience in no way settles the question about the subordination of facts of the human world to our knowledge of matter. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#existence #experience #facts #human #human world

The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#forever #guided #idea #knowledge #last

Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive. ↗

— William Dunbar

#affairs #apply #becomes #difficult #enable

G. I. Gurdieff, "Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson" So-and-so-and-so-must-be; do-not-do-what-must-not-be. Mullah's favorite saying. p. 598 ↗

— Gurdieff

#being #humor #inspirational #observation #outlook

If Turkey is prepared to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, then its leaders can proceed immediately to direct dialogue with its counterparts in Armenia to define a common vision for the future. ↗

— Mark Foley

#armenia #armenian #armenian genocide #common #counterparts

It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men. ↗

— Strom Thurmond

#common #common knowledge #cunning #domination #government

I think all the knowledge and all the travels that I've done, I'm going to do a lot of great work in the future. ↗

— Chris Tucker

#future #going #great #great work #i

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#doing #every #free #free access #given

I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#always #because #big #broadband #disseminate