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Karl Popper

Karl Popper

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Birthday July 28, 1902

Birthplace Vienna, Austria-Hungary

Death September 17, 1994

Educated At University Of Vienna

Nationality United Kingdom, Federal State Of Austria, First Republic Of Austria, Austria-Hungary, Putalandia

Occupations Professor, Philosopher Of Science, Sociologist, Philosopher, Writer

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True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.

— Karl Popper, via en.wikiquote.org

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I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.

— Hermann Hesse, Demian: The Story of a Youth

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Just because it's complicated, just because you think you can't ever know everything about another person, it doesn't mean you can't try.

— Maria Semple, Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel

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There is still a lot to learn and there is always great stuff out there. Even mistakes can be wonderful.

— Robin Williams, Robin Williams: In His Own Words

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Think of it this way: the more info that we get, the more options we get, the more knowledge we get, and the much higher chance of evolving to a level that perhaps would be unreachable any other way.

— Bobby Chiu, 6 Bad Artist Habits to Avoid

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At fifteen you had the radiance of early morning, at twenty you will begin to have the melancholy brilliance of the moon.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side Of Paradise

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Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

— Kay Redfield Jamison, The Benefits of Restlessness and Jagged Edges

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To me, being an intellectual doesn’t mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

— Jacob Bronowski, Magic, Science, and Civilization (Bampton Lectures in America, No. 20)

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Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

— Dale Carnegie, How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job

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It doesn't matter what he knows. Knowing doesn't change anything.

— Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell), Fosse/Verdon, Limited Series: Providence

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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

— Carl Sagan, Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.

— E.O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

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The world belongs to those who let go.

— Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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Nothing is more creative nor destructive than a brilliant mind with a purpose.

— Dan Brown, Inferno (Robert Langdon)

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You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.

— Tina Fey, Oprah Talks to Tina Fey

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

— Washington Irving, A quote by Washington Irving

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We know too much, and feel too little.

— Bertrand Russell, Authority and the Individual

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The more we explain, the more we generate need for further explanation.

— Walter Ong, Language as Hermeneutic: A Primer on the Word and Digitization

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The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are

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Eventually all things are known. And few matter.

— Gore Vidal, Burr: A Novel

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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.

— Hippocrates, The Other Side of ADHD: The Epidemiologically Based Needs Assessment Reviews, Palliative and Terminal Care - Second Series

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Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.

— Bill Nye, UMass Lowell 2014 Commencement

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Our minds are all we have. They are all we have ever had. And they are all we can offer others.

— Sam Harris, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

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I have too many ideas for a lifetime.

— Taylor Wilson, Teenage physics wonder turns to nuclear safety

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