#knowledge

'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record; that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

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A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge. ↗

— B. H. Liddell Hart

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To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

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And I'm walking along and we're laughing, kidding, joking, and see he understood the leader, the one we called the leader, had some knowledge of English, although limited. ↗

— Betty Hill

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We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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