#owl

He(Prophet Muhammad) was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue; if ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Muhammad, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports. ↗

— Reverend B. Smith

#atheist #bodyguard #caesar #christian #divine

All inquiries carry with them some element of risk. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#inquiry #knowledge #science #science

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions." (Essay to Leo Baeck, 1953) ↗

— Albert Einstein

#dissent #equanimity #expressing #knowledge #opinions

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#science #technology #science

Remember the pain?' thought Artemis. I hate myself. I really do. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#paradox

Listen to me, goblin. You're stupid, let's accept that and move on. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#artemis #artemis-fowl #fowl #goblin #stupid

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. ↗

— Socrates

#ignorance

... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance. ↗

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

#knowledge #ignorance

The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is. ↗

— James Carlos Blake

#self-knowledge #tragedy #first-sentence

Doctor Who: You want weapons? We're in a library. Books are the best weapon in the world. This room's the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm yourself! (from Tooth and Claw in Season 2) ↗

— Russell T. Davies

#knowledge #reading #weapons #knowledge