One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine.
Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.
Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man.
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.
But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation.
When you're going off to prison for the rest of your life, a lot of people do feel the need to explain themselves to all the people they have known.
Competing in show jumping is a school of life. And it's one of the few Olympic sports where men and women are equal.
I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.
I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.
We take ourselves so seriously moment by moment, but India shows you a sense of eternity. You're one little ant on a hill. You're part of life, but you're not the whole thing.
One of my weaknesses happens to be lying, and I could tell you that I'm never going to lie again in my life, but that would be a lie.
Life isn't a 24/7 merry go round. If it were, you wouldn't get the 7 hours of sleep necessary to keep you fit and sane.
I had a husband who stayed with me, and small children, and I had no choice but to pull myself together and rebuild a different kind of life. There was no other choice.
I don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.
Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees.
Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better!
