Knowledge
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We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine
No article of faith is proof against the disintegrating effects of increasing information; one might almost describe the acquirement of knowledge as a process of disillusion
Knowledge is our ultimate good
And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it
Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance
We live by information, not by sight
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live
To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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