#owl

A mind is a simulation that simulates itself. ↗

— Erol Ozan

#brain #computer #computers #computing #consciousness

The strength of one's opinion should not exceed their knowledge on the matter. ↗

— Eric Hirzel

#close-mindedness #intelligence #knowledge #open-mindedness #opinions

Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life. ↗

— David Baldacci

#knowledge #understanding #life

Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#debate #education #ignorance #informed #knowledge

There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God. ↗

— Jean Calvin

#knowledge #theology #education

When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes. ↗

— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

#economic-growth #education #indomitable-spirit #knowledge #learning

Inventory: "Four be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#contentment #curiosity #doubt #envy #foes

I definitely learned a lesson this time. I know that I can be broken. I am not as tough as I thought. I see it now. At this point, it's the only thing good that came out of all of this. I know myself better now and know what I have to do. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#life #life

I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minute of your life. ↗

— Alison Goodman

#truth #life

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not. ↗

— Carl Jung

#does #foundations #increase #know #knowledge