Knowledge - Quotes
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
There is only one good, that is, knowledge, and only one evil, that is, ignorance.
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is exclusively my own.
If knowledge is power, then asymmetries in knowledge are asymmetries in power.
We live in a society where people are uncomfortable with not knowing. Children aren`t taught to say "I don`t know," and honesty in this form is rarely modeled for them. They too often see adults avoiding questions and fabricating answers, out of either embarrassment or fear, and this comes at a price. When children are embarrassed by or afraid of the feeling of not knowing, they are preoccupied with escaping their discomfort, rather than being motivated to learn. This robs them of the joy of curiosity. Let`s celebrate the feelings of awe and wonder in our children, as the foundation for all learning. Let`s teach children to say "I don`t know" and help them understand the power behind it. Let`s talk to them about how it feels to not know something. And, finally, let`s be honest with children about the limits of our own knowledge.
Science works on the frontier between knowledge and ignorance. We’re not afraid to admit what we don’t know. There’s no shame in that. The only shame is to pretend that we have all the answers.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (movie)
Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns.