the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!

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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

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That which others hear or read of, I felt and practised myself; they get their knowledge by books, I mine by melancholizing. ― Robert Burton

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I think that many people have forgotten that, if knowledge is to have any meaning, if it is to be useful, it should have an impact in the world. — Angela Davis

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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.

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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

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Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. -- James Madison

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Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action. ― Jim Rohn

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Two there are who are never satisfied -- the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge. ― Rumi

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