#knowledge

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge. ↗

— Matt Blunt

#dependent #diffusion #education #founded #jefferson

The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#here #i #imagine #knower #knowledge

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. ↗

— George Eliot

#down #hour #ignorance #knowledge #pulls

Where is all the knowledge we lost with information? ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#knowledge #lost #where

With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on. ↗

— Sonny Bono

#degree #disgusting #down #due #find

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities. ↗

— George Boole

#affecting #certainty #change #circumstances #demand

To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind. ↗

— George Boole

#beyond #commendation #does #faculties #high

I think education is one of the greatest tools for most kids not only to expand their book knowledge, but their ability to experience new things - I think it opens more doors than any other experience I can think of. ↗

— Will Estes

#any #book #doors #education #expand

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. ↗

— Euripides

#around #balance #best #great #keep

The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#deadliest #foe #self-knowledge #virtue #would