Knowledge - Quotes
If knowledge is power, then asymmetries in knowledge are asymmetries in power.
Curiosity is aroused when we`re presented with an "information gap." It`s a sensation of deprivation: A present`s wrapping deprives us of the knowledge of what`s in it, and as a result we become curious about its contents. But to feel curiosity, we have to be conscious that something`s being hidden.
Science is much more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking. This is central to its success. Science invites us to let the facts in, even when they don`t conform to our preconceptions. It counsels us to carry alternative hypotheses in our heads and see which ones best match the facts. It urges on us a fine balance between no-holds-barred openness to new ideas, however heretical, and the most rigorous skeptical scrutiny of everything - new ideas and established wisdom. We need wide appreciation of this kind of thinking. It works. It`s an essential tool for a democracy in an age of change. Our task is not just to train more scientists but also to deepen public understanding of science.
Surprise is inherent in the structure of the world. Nature can throw us surprises for which no amount of knowledge would have prepared us.
Happiness, knowledge, not in another place but this place, not for another hour but this hour.
No human mind can comprehend all the knowledge which guides the actions of society.
There is only one good, that is, knowledge, and only one evil, that is, ignorance.
Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns.
Human knowledge is doubling every ten years. In the past decade, more scientific knowledge has been created than in all of human history.
I want knowledge! Not faith, not assumptions, but knowledge. I want God to stretch out His hand, uncover His face and speak to me.
Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
A desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being, whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge.
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labour; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.