There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature reflection and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination.
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general as you do with some people in particular and know that there are some men in whom Allah may He he glorified has placed hidden secrets which they are forbidden to reveal.
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.
There is one quality which one must possess to win and that is definiteness of purpose the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to possess it.
Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.
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.
Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance therefore not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
I had therefore to remove knowledge in order to make room for belief.
Where there is shouting there is no true knowledge.
All our knowledge begins with the senses proceeds then to the understanding and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read think speak and write.
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy.
On the same line of reasoning if Australians were to be Australians or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land there would be no jealousy between them on England's account.