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"The ultimate freedom depends on knowing the ultimate Truth. Truth is not what people say it is, it is what it is. And Truth, quite remarkably, sets one free, just like philosophers have said down the ages."
"Love is not a product of reasonings and statistics. It just comes-none knows whence-and cannot explain itself."
"Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing."
"Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good."
"And they will return one day knowing the miracle of the heavens and of all the world. God knew what he was doing when he drew their attention to the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. If he hadn’t wanted them to eat it, he would never have mentioned it."
"Wisdom is knowing how little we know."
"It hurts to love. It's like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin."
"All that we don't know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing."
"Silence is the great teacher and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence."
"It matters little what form of prayer we adopt or how many words we use. What matters is the faith which lays hold on God, knowing that He knows our needs before we even ask Him. That is what gives Christian prayer its boundless confidence and its joyous certainty."
"Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks, and knowing that I am enough."
"The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time."
"Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it."
"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing."
"Nothing can really prepare you for when you get in the Formula One car. Knowing that you're driving a multimillion-dollar car, and if you crash it it's going to cost a lot of money, and they might not give you another chance, is scary."
"When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it."
"I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!"
"We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations"
"He who has realized oneness with God possesses all knowledge contained in Him. Knowing the Lord as Beginning and End of all beings and worlds, a true Brahmin has knowledge of the hereafter and of the workings of nature on this plane of existence."
"Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing."
