From Francis Bacon: “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.”
Tag Archives: knowledge
Quote of the day 01/08/25
From William Blake: “The eye altering, alters all.”
Quote of the day 01/07/25
From William Blake: “We become what we behold.”
Quote of the day 12/30/24
From William Blake: “In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.”
Quote of the day 12/27/24
From William Blake: “I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”
Quote of the day 12/26/24
From William Blake: “What is now proved was once only imagined.”
Quote of the day 12/23/24
From Bertrand Russell: “Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.”
Quote of the day 12/22/24
From Bertrand Russell: “Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.”
Quote of the day 12/20/24
From Bertrand Russell: “The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”
Quote of the day 12/18/24
From Bertrand Russell: “In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”