Knowledge Quotes

"In every culture, there are universal human needs, though expressed differently."

"Knowledge without application remains merely interesting gossip about the world."

"Knowledge without wisdom is merely the accumulation of empty facts."

"Every age believes itself rational; every age is blinded by its own assumptions."

"The modern world sacrifices depth for breadth, meaning for information."

"The world is made of information and the information is made of bits."

"All communication has redundancy, and all communication depends on redundancy."

"Information is a difference that makes a difference."

"To understand something, you must participate in it."

"Information is action; meaning is relationship."

"Difference is information; information is difference."

"Pattern and meaning are inseparable."

"Memory is the treasure and the steward of all things."

"To understand the present, we must understand the past."

"In a world in transition, we need people who are willing to look upon the universe as a whole."

"An expert is someone who has made all the mistakes that can be made in his field."

"To understand another culture, one must first understand one's own."

"The accumulation of knowledge without wisdom leads to destruction."

"We learn to walk by walking, to run by running, to think by thinking."

"The ability to learn is the most important skill in life."

"The study of one culture illuminates all cultures."

"The gift of anthropology is that it teaches us to question our most fundamental assumptions."

"The anthropologist must learn to see the world through the eyes of those being studied"

"The study of different cultures reveals the infinite possibilities of human organization"

"Understanding other cultures is the best cure for the disease of certainty"

"The patterns we see in one culture often illuminate hidden aspects of our own"

"The boundaries of language are the boundaries of our world, until we learn another language"

"Culture is the lens through which we view reality, and we rarely notice we are looking through a lens"

"To study other cultures is to study human nature in all its infinite variety"

"To understand yourself, study other cultures"