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" To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. "

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" 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. "

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" The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him. "

" 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. "

" True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. "

" The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. "

" It is not living that matters, but living rightly. "

" 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. "

" I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. "

" The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. "

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" From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. "

" Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death. "

" All men by nature desire knowledge. "

" I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. "

" The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. "

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" He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. "

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

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

" A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true. "

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

" The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. "

" The poets are only the interpreters of the gods. "