#edge

Our civilization is not Christian. It does not come from the skies. It is not a result of "inspiration." It is the child of invention, of discovery, of applied knowledge -- that is to say, of science. When man becomes great and grand enough to admit that all have equal rights; when thought is untrammeled; when worship shall consist in doing useful things; when religion means the discharge of obligations to our fellow-men, then, and not until then, will the world be civilized. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#knowledge #religion #rights #science #society

It's funny. No matter how hard you try, you can't close your heart forever. And the minute you open it up, you never know what's going to come in. But when it does, you just have to go for it! Because if you don't, there's not point in being here. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#chances #close #comedic #eternity #existance

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#best #interest #investment #knowledge #pays

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#favors #greater #ingratitude #medium #most

Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#employment #entertainment #exist #ideas #knowledge

It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#anything #collaborate #compete #created #ever

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. ↗

— Clifford Stoll

#data #information #knowledge #understanding #wisdom

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#best #commonwealth #hedge #married #married men

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#knowledge #light #without #zeal

I love 'Glee' so much. It just works - it's on the edge of ridiculous. ↗