Knowledge Quotes

From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.

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"Sharing knowledge is the foundation of a just society."
Richard Stallman
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"The greatest power is the power of an informed and liberated mind."
Richard Stallman
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"The future of entertainment will be defined by those who understand their audience best."
Reed Hastings
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"The indigenous peoples who have lived sustainably for centuries have much to teach us."
Sunita Narain
"Never lose a holy curiosity."
Tim Cook
"The pace of technological change requires continuous learning and humility."
Sundar Pichai
"Knowledge without application is mere trivia."
Sundar Pichai
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"The unconscious is structured like a language"
Jacques Lacan
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"The subject is constituted through the symbolic order of language"
Jacques Lacan
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"The subject who speaks is always divided against itself"
Jacques Lacan
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"Meaning is not inherent in reality; it is imposed through the symbolic order"
Jacques Lacan
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"One cannot escape the symbolic order, but one can learn to navigate it consciously"
Jacques Lacan
"Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships."
Linus Torvalds
"Version control is not a luxury, it's a necessity."
Linus Torvalds
"I think the biggest problem with code is that it has to be read by humans."
Linus Torvalds
"People underestimate the importance of documentation."
Linus Torvalds
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."
R.D. Laing
"Language shapes how we perceive reality."
R.D. Laing
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"Growth happens in the spaces between what we know and what we don't know."
D.W. Winnicott
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"Psychology deals with real human beings."
D.W. Winnicott
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"The emphasis has been placed upon the fact that many of the unconscious conflicts are sexual in origin."
Anna Freud
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"You can have immediate access to the subconscious of anyone if you just ask the right questions."
Anna Freud
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"In analysis, the unconscious often knows more than the conscious mind."
Anna Freud
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"The unconscious expresses itself in dreams and symptoms."
Anna Freud
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"We are not separate from nature; we are part of it, dependent on it."
Sunita Narain
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"Nature's efficiency teaches us that waste is always a failure of design."
Sunita Narain
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"We cannot buy our way out of environmental crisis; we must think our way out."
Sunita Narain
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"Nature teaches us that efficiency, diversity, and balance are the keys to survival."
Sunita Narain
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"Nature's abundance comes from diversity; monocultures are fragile and unsustainable."
Sunita Narain
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"Concern with oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."
Karen Horney