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" Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration. "

DeWitt Clinton

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" Our knowledge and all of our ideas are mutually connected; the more complicated they are, the more numerous must be the roads that lead to them and depart from them. "

" The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. "

" There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. "

" A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. "

" I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. "

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" We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness. "

" Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. "

" The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less. "

" I and my colleagues here have been engaged in the pursuit of knowledge. "

" We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. "

" Democracy is not just about voting but about informed voting. If democracy doesn't have access to reliable sources of information and instead relies on social proof, then there is no way of distinguishing between junk evidence and actual knowledge. "

" For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. "

" Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. "

" Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. "

" Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind. "

" Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge. "

" Knowledge is power. "

" All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions. "

" Knowledge is love and light and vision. "

" The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. "

" When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart, mind and spirit, their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised. "

" Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. "

" It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill. "

" It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. "

" Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest. "

" Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason. "

" The end of all knowledge should be service to others. "

" All men by nature desire knowledge. "