#owl

Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#knowledge

The expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#learning #specialization #knowledge

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. ↗

— Kathleen Thompson Norris

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Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

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And it’s Johnson, Johnson with the Quaffle, what a player that girl is, I’ve been saying it for years but she still won’t go out with me —” “JORDAN!” yelled Professor McGonagall. “Just a fun fact, Professor, adds a bit of interest — ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#j-k-rowling #jordan #order-of-the-phoenix #professor-mcgonagall #quidditch

A little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#learning #poetry #sophomoric #criticism

The happiness of the drop is to die in the river. ↗

— Al-Ghazali

#knowledge #sufism #wisdom #islam

If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

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Doubt … is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#knowledge #madness #doubt