Quotes Tagged "knowledge"

The whole conception of man already endowed with a mind capable of conceiving civilization setting out to create it is fundamentally false. Man did not simply impose upon the world a pattern created by his mind. His mind is itself a system that constantly changes as a result of his endeavor to adapt himself to his surroundings. It would be an error to believe that, to achieve a higher civilization, we have merely to put into effect the ideas now guiding us. If we are to advance, we must leave room for a continuous revision of our present conceptions and ideals which will be necessitated by further experience. We are as little able to conceive what civilization will be, or can be, five hundred or even fifty years hence as our medieval forefathers or even our grandparents were able to foresee our manner of life today.

In order to get a holistic explanation, anthropology often has to upend common sense and question what gets taken for granted. Anthropology prompts us to reconsider not only what we think we know - what it means to be affluent, why blood matters, what constitutes reason - but also the terms by which we know it.

Education is an everlasting quest for knowledge and wisdom.

information is to knowledge what meaning is to comprehension

Mathematics is the study of the mind-world interactions defined by models of intelligibility and knowledge.

Mankind is fallible, so we should not rely on our own reasoning. We cannot hope to understand the world - all we can do is stand amazed at God's creation. True knowledge only comes from revelation. We should not question received wisdom.

All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include among the ignorant themselves as well as the wisest.

True wisdom is not acquired by capturing knowledge, it is earned by acting upon knowledge. True bravery is not the absence of fear, it is doing what you feel is the right thing to do, in spite of fear.

Raising a daughter who is aware and knowledgeable of the world so that she can navigate through it with her eyes open, rather than closed, can be one of her best protection. Knowledge is power. - Raising A Strong Daughter: What Fathers Should Know by Finlay Gow JD and Kailin Gow MA

The key is to keep asking, keep probing, keep drilling down. If you activate your natural curiosity, every answer you get may generate new questions, and then new answers, followed by more questions, and so on, in an ever-rising ladder of understanding.

Don’t make listening a chore. It doesn’t have to be hard work. Make it fun. Make it a game. Make it a treasure hunt. What could be more interesting than discovering new things and increasing our powers of perception? Listening is a never-ending journey along an ever-improving road.

Knowledge about a thing is not the thing itself.

Content without continuity and connection will leave you with fewer conversions, sales, and engagement. Stop trying to create something to go viral. Start building an authentic connection rooted in endurance and engagement.

Wisdom comes from knowing what to do with the knowledge that you have learnt.

Wisdom comes from understanding knowledge.

Breathe your way to a calmer, healthier, happier life. Heavily. Down the phone to a terrified woman.

Partly because it is such a complex process, reading is not just a habit our a skill, it's a deeply satisfying emotional experience. Something in us knows that the slimmest insights, the trust wisdom, the most enduring knowledge come through this channel. The spleen word rushes by and is gone, but the written word remains. It ensures. It can be consulted over and over again. Forever. How wise then to surround oneself with books and magazines. How wise to love them, and to teach one's children to love them. How wise to read!

It is worth pointing out that feeling things (which usually means feeling them painfully) is at some level linked to the acquisition of knowledge.

The greatest leaders have the ability to have one eye on the prize and the other in the moment. When either one is lost they both will fail.

Education means breaking free.