Knowledge

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Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening... when you'd have preferred to talk.

- D.J. Kaufman

It is an important and popular fact that things arent always as they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much-- the wheel, New York, wars and so on-- while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man--for precisely the same reasons

- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy" ( ? )

Anybody who knows everything should be told a thing or two.

- Franklin P. Jones

To understand is to perceive patterns.

- Isaiah Berlin

Everything a man achieves and fails to is the direct result of his own thooughts.

- James Allen, "As a Man Thinketh" ( ? )

By retaining his humility, the talented person who is also wise, reduces rivalry.

- Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching" Chapter 3 ( ? )

A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak.

- Michael Garrett Marino

The first key to wisdom is constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.

- Peter Abelard

Related Quotes

Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. MUSIC IS BEST.

- Frank Zappa, In Music

Truth is eternal. Knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them.

- Madeleine L'Engle, In Education

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

- Albert Einstein, In Imagination

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