Knowledge Quotes - Page 4

...Turn our thoughts, in the next place, to the characters of learned men. The priesthood have, in all ancient nations, nearly monopolized learning. Read over again all the accounts we have of Hindoos, Chaldeans, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Celts, Teutons, we shall find that priests had all the knowledge, and really governed all mankind. Examine Mahometanism, trace Christianity from its first promulgation; knowledge has been almost exclusively confined to the clergy. And, even since the Reformation, when or where has existed a Protestant or dissenting sect who would tolerate a free inquiry? The blackest billingsgate, the most ungentlemanly insolence, the most yahooish brutality is patiently endured, countenanced, propagated, and applauded. But touch a solemn truth in collision with a dogma of a sect, though capable of the clearest proof, and you will soon find you have disturbed a nest, and the hornets will swarm about your legs and hands, and fly into your face and eyes.]

Sometimes you're not ready to give the world quite what it wants. And that's okay, because the Earth is generously patient.

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.", 1953)

Albert Einstein

A slip of the foot may injure your body, but a slip of the tongue will injure your bond.

One who doesn't recognise an opportunity is bigger loser than one who tries his hand at an opportunity.

War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.

My spouse is my shield, my spouse is my strength.

Faster is fatal, slower is safe.

Before we complicated life with money, machines and missiles we did well with morals, manpower and meetings.

Mixing old wine with new wine is stupidity, but mixing old wisdom with new wisdom is maturity.

Uniform of a soldier and uniform of a student both are equally needed for the nation.

Rich can live better than poor but they cannot live without poor.

In general, poor is polite and rich is rude.

An assembly is extra slow in taking actions.

Routine ruins the life, variety vitalise the life.

With right fashion, every female would be a flame.

All worries are less with wine.

Some people when they see cheese, chocolate or cake they don't think of calories.

The salt is to the food, what soul is to the body.

We love our mother because she cares and also because she cooks.

Any girl with a grin never looks grim.

An old fashioned outfit is not a costume, it's a comedy.

You cannot choose your face but you can choose your dress.

In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.

It is the sweat of the servants that make their squire look smart.

Power does not pardon, power punishes.

Fashion doesn't make you perfect, but it makes you pretty.

Texting is not talking and a phone is not a friend.

Dresses won't worn out in the wardrobe, but that is not what dresses are designed for.

Dresses don't look beautiful on hangers.

It's time to shop high heels if your fiance kisses you on the forehead.

Hands can cook, hands can create, hands can kill. There is no better tool than our hands.

A true professional not only follows but loves the processes, policies and principles set by his profession.

A professional who doesn't deliver as committed is not just lazy, he is a liar.

Music is the fastest motivator in the world.

When you were making excuses someone else was making enterprise.

In united families, they might sleep with half filled stomach but no one sleeps with empty stomach.

You can take the Indian out of the family, but you cannot take the family out of the Indian.

In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.

In a democracy government is the God.

Making a product is just an activity, making a profit on a product is the achievement.

He who sacrifices his respect for love basically burns his body to obtain the light.

What luck has gave you will probably leave you.

Cowards say it can't be done, critics say it shouldn't have been done, creator say well done.

State first, subject second, statesman last.

Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind.

With discipline, you can lose weight, you can excel in work, you can win the war.

Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.

Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are … or they think we are.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Some women think being arrogant, selfish, bitter and looking down on others are qualities of being an Independent, strong, powerful and successful business women. No matter how high you are in life. Never look down on others and never forget humanity.

De philosopher DJ Kyos

Biggest tragedy of life is when God ask us to glorify Him for our sakes but we choose to glorify self for satan's good.

Greatest irony of life is living in self glory while glorifying God which is the ultimate joy is left behind.

When we live holy we will glorify self but when we glorify God we will live holy

Religiousity is unself glory not purity

Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.

If, years later, I do use the slit detector to observe which way the electron went, it will mean that many years earlier the electron must have passed through one slit or the other. But if I don't use the "slit detector," then the electron must have passed through both slits. This is, of course, extremely weird. My actions at the beginning of the twenty-first century can change what happened thousands of years ago when the electron began its journey. It seems that just as there are multiple futures, there are also multiple pasts, and my acts of observation in the present can decide what happened in the past. As much as it challenges any hope of ever really knowing the future, quantum physics asks whether I can ever really know the past. It seems that the past is also in a superposition of possibilities that crystallize only once they are observed.

Marcus du Sautoy

I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on one's shoulders in order to get a clearer view of the valley.

Secret glances are shared by those on the "inside" or esoteric "inner circle", who have literally gone into many lower frequencies simultaneously. This is the "secret glance" of love, which allows the higher to operate in the lower; to "save" those worlds in order to correct the impending takeover of the "Devil and his demons", a metaphor for light and dark "battles" raging today.

How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow5 don't let people tell you it cant be done6 make no excuses

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