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"cogito ergo sum" "i know that i know nothing" "you must unlearn what you have learned" "if you can't explain it simply you don't understand it well enough" "perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away" "c'est pas parce qu'ils sont nombreux à avoir tort qu'ils ont raison" “a wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” “science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” "science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme" “a person who never made a mistake never tried anything new” "a person who never made a mistake never tried anything new" - 936,000. "anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new" "knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world"

"i'm looking for someone" "looking? found someone you have, i would say" "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination" "know where to find the information and how to use it that's the secret of success" "the important thing is not to stop questioning" "know where to find the information and how to use it" “the only source of knowledge is experience” "believe those who are seeking the truth. doubt those who find it" "Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it" "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore"

“Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used.” "It's not that I'm so smart , it's just that I stay with problems longer" "out of clutter find simplicity" "keep it simple, stupid" 1,680,000. "out of clutter find simplicity, from discord find harmony, in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity” “commonsense is the realised sense of proportion" Knowledge. What we call knowledge does not and cannot have the purpose of producing representations of an independent reality, but instead has an adaptive function. - Ernst von Glasersfeld, 2001 Knowledge is what is known; the confident understanding of a subject, potentially with the ability to use it for a specific purpose.

It is a familiarity with someone or something, which can include facts, information, descriptions, or skills acquired through experience or education. Quotes, ancient history[edit] Greek[edit] As for me, all I know is that I know nothing -Socrates (470-399 BC) Latin[edit] To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal. One cannot know everything. - Horace It is well for one to know more than he saysPlautus (254–184 BC) Nec scire fas est omnia.One cannot know everything.Horace, Carmina, IV. 4. 22. Bible[edit] Another variant: He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Eastern philosophy[edit] "Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life"