To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rationa...
A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows.
What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.
In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.
Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.
A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind.
The space shuttle was designed, at least in part, to broaden our knowledge of the universe. To scientists, the vehicle was a tool; to engineers, it was their creation.
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
As a young man, I went to Paris and soaked up many hours of film knowledge from Robert Hakim in my efforts to become a producer.
Most scientific revelations happened after the pursuit of knowledge quit being secret and hermetic.
Since Plato, we have been considering the nature of knowledge, the meaning of meaning and the status of the physical world.
Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring.
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.
The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results.
Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
Knowledge, may it be said, is higher than magic and is more to be sought. It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what is forward, for while seeing is believing, it does not follow that either seeing or believing is knowing.
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.
We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon itself.
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.
I think Lenat is headed in the right direction, but someone needs to include a knowledge base about learning.
