Wissen
“Wise men learn by others' harms.”
“Experience is the teacher of all things.”
“The man who seeks to educate himself must first learn how to doubt.”
“Advice is like snow—the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.”
“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”
“Gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.”
“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.”
“Some people see the glass half full, some see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.”
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
“The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.”
“Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.”
“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”
“Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
“The traveler sees what he sees; the tourist sees what he has come to see.”
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
“You can observe a lot by watching.”
“The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.”
“We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.”
“The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled.”
“Der Erzähler nimmt, was er erzählt, aus Erfahrung.”