“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.” MenGivingDoeWisdomCareCertainKnowingWiseTroubleConditionsDangerWillingCrisisWorthwhileNicomachean EthicsLife Crisis Author:Aristotle
“I felt naked. I felt as perhaps a bird may feel in the clear air knowing the hawk wings above and will swoop. I began to feel the need of fellowship. I wanted to question, wanted to speak, wanted to relate my experience. What is this spirit in man that urges him forever to depart from happiness, to toil and to place himself in danger?” MenNeedsFeelsMayWantedSpiritSpeakFeltForeverKnowingClearAirDangerBirdWingsNakedRelateUrgesToilFellowshipHawks Author:H. G. Wells
“Nine-tenths of the value of a sense of humor in writing is not in the things it makes one write but in the things it keeps one from writing. It is especially valuable in this respect in serious writing, and no one without a sense of humor should ever write seriously. For without knowing what is funny, one is constantly in danger of being funny without knowing it.” ShouldWritingValuesKnowingDangerSeriousValuableNineSense Of HumorBeing Funny Author:Robert Benchley
“Knowing something may be a terrible burden to bear, but it holds no danger to them as aren't afraid of truth.” MayKnowingDangerBearsTerribleBurdenKnowing Something Book:The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker Source: The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker
“Experimental science is a craft and an art, and part of the art is knowing when to end a fruitless experiment. There is a danger of becoming obsessed with a fruitless experiment even if it goes nowhere.” IfsArtTwoEndsKnowingPlansDangerBecomingArt IsBuiltExperimentsCraftsObsessedExperimental Science Author:Martin Lewis Perl
“Knowing he [Bob Serber] was going to the [first atom bomb] test, I asked him how he planned to deal with the danger of rattlesnakes. He said, 'I'll take along a bottle of whiskey.' … I ended by asking, 'What would you do about those possibilities [of what unknown phenomena might cause a nuclear explosion to propagate in the atmosphere]?' Bob replied, 'Take a second bottle of whiskey.'” FirstsSaidMightCausesDealsKnowingDangerPossibilityTestsAskingNuclearAtmosphereBombsBottlesAtomsBobExplosionsWhiskeyAtomic BombAtom BombRattlesnakes Author:Edward Teller
“When you know both yourself as well as your competition, you are never in danger. To know yourself and not others, gives you half a chance of winning. Knowing neither yourself or your competition puts you in a position to lose.” KnowsGivingWellsMotivationalWinningSportsLosesChanceHalfKnowingDangerPositionCompetitionKnow Yourself Author:Sun Tzu
“We should interact with legal reform tactically, knowing that it will not meet our ultimate goals but asking whether there are ways that engaging with particular reforms might benefit our work and help reduce certain harms or dangers.” WayShouldHelpingMightCertainGoalKnowingDangerParticularBenefitsUltimateAskingHarmReformEngagingUltimate Goal Author:Dean Spade
“One of the reasons I got into this game was because I wanted to learn how to get myself comfortable in uncomfortable situations. I grew up in a tough area of Dublin, and fighting was just part of your life. Boys fight, and I won some, but I lost a lot too, and I didn't like that, I didn't like that feeling of not knowing whether I was in danger, in trouble.” ReasonFeelingsWantedFightingGamesLostSituationBoysKnowingTroubleDangerGrewComfortableGrew UpToughAreasUncomfortableNot KnowingDublinUncomfortable Situations Author:Conor McGregor
“There is a danger one has to really be knowing much more because you can't be too narrow on science.” KnowingDanger Author:Ahmed H. Zewail