"I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone."
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"The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others."
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"Faith is a fine invention When gentlemen can see, But microscopes are prudent In an emergency."
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"Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries."
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"Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way."
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"The scientific attitude of mind involves a sweeping away of all other desires in the interest of the desire to know."
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"Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need to test this. It has the status more of religious truth than scientific hypothesis. The facts are absolutely clear. There is no question that in virtually all circumstances in which people are doing things in order to get rewards, extrinsic tangible rewards undermine intrinsic motivation.The bonus myth: How paying for results can backfire The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
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"Do you remember how electrical currents and 'unseen waves' were laughed at? The knowledge about man is still in its infancy."
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"As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious."
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"Knowledge is porportionate to being... You know in virtue of what you are."
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"Truth is the recognition of reality; reason, man's only means of knowledge, is his only standard of truth."
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"Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another."
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"The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it."
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"Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability of science."
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"We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything."
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"Reason in man is rather like God in the world."
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"We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness."
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"It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know."
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"The point to remember about selling things is that, as well as creating atmosphere and excitement around your products, you've got to know what you're selling."
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"Information is bad for knowledge."
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