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Knowledge
«A warrior?feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.»
«All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing»
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
(Essayist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Death and dying,
Knowledge
| Keywords:
The Animals
«After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn?t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked?as I am surprisingly often?why I bother to get up in the mornings.»
Author: Richard Dawkins
| About:
Compassion,
Conscience,
Creativity,
Discovery,
Evolution,
Existence,
Experience,
Exploration,
Goodness,
Gratitude,
Happiness,
Knowledge,
Learning,
Life,
Mankind,
Meditation,
Mortality,
Nature,
Opportunity,
Perception,
Perspective,
Philosophy,
Responsibility,
Truth,
Wisdom
«I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger. I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was stronger»
«Although it is generally known, I think it's about time to announce that I was born at a very early age.»
Author: Doug Horton
| About:
Knowledge
«All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.»
Author: Immanuel Kant
(Philosopher)
| About:
Knowledge,
Reason,
Understanding
| Keywords:
proceeds, senses, the senses, with reason
«All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
(Architect, Engineer, Painter, Sculptor)
| About:
Beginning,
Knowledge
| Keywords:
origins, perceptions
«All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Knowledge
| Keywords:
fingers, nose, nosed, nosing, on the nose, ten, under his nose, under your nose