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" The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. "
John Locke
Understanding
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Knowledge
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" Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love. "
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" I and my colleagues here have been engaged in the pursuit of knowledge. "
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" To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. "
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" The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. "
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" Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge. "
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" Knowledge is power. "
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" You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves. "
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" 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. "
Denis Diderot
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Facts
Nature
" 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. "
Vanna Bonta
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" I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits. "
John Locke
Know
Information
Men
" I feel like knowledge is power: If you know how to take care of yourself, you can be a better version of yourself. "
Miranda Kerr
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Know
Yourself
" Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. "
William Penn
Man
Treasure
Wise
" Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. "
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Fortitude
Strength
Support
" Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding. "
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Ideas
Dreams
Reflection
" Where there is no property there is no injustice. "
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Where
Injustice
Property
" The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. "
Aristotle
Power
Teacher
Teaching
" Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. "
Carl Sagan
Thinking
Way
Science
" All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions. "
Leonardo da Vinci
Perceptions
Knowledge
Origins
" The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. "
Albert Einstein
Me
Talent
Positive
" The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. "
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Where
Law
Capable
" For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. "
Roger Bacon
Mathematics
Without
World
" I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. "
John Locke
Best
Thought
Thoughts
" All wealth is the product of labor. "
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Product
Labor
Wealth
" Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. "
James Madison
Own
People
Power
" The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. "
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Property
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Masters
" 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. "
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Ideas
Connected
Roads
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" We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. "
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Work
Born