“The specualtist, who is not content with superficial views, harasses himself with fruitless curiosity; and still, as he inquires more, perceives only that he knows less.” KnowsStillsViewsKnowledgeCuriosityPerceiveSuperficial Author:Samuel Johnson
“Among the innumerable mortifications which waylay human arrogance on every side may well be reckoned our ignorance of the most common objects and effects, a defect of which we become more sensible by every attempt to supply it. Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things when they are shown their form or told their use; but the speculatist, who is not content with superficial views, harasses himself with fruitless curiosity, and still, as he inquires more, perceives only that he knows less.” KnowsMindHumansWellsMayStillsReasonWholeUseTruthFormPeaceSidesViewsCommonEducationKnowledgeVirtueEffectsObjectsIgnoranceCuriosityPerceiveArroganceSensibleSuperficialDefectsVulgarFamiliarityMortification Author:Samuel Johnson
“The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.” ThinkingImportantAbilityKnowledgeLearningGainsManagementPerceiveLateral ThinkingThinking DifferentlyKnowledge Gained Author:David Bohm
“The most important knowledge teachers need to do good work is a knowledge of how students are experiencing learning and perceiving their teacher's actions.” NeedsImportantActionWorkEducationKnowledgeLearningTeacherStudentsExperiencePerceiveGood WorkEffective Teacher Author:Stephen Brookfield
“Their vain presumption of knowing all can take beginning solely from their never having known anything; for if one has but once experienced the perfect knowledge of one thing, and truly tasted what it is to know, he shall perceive that of infinite other conclusions he understands not so much as one.” IfsKnowsSciencePerfectKnownKnowledgeKnowingOne ThingInfiniteConclusionVainPerceivePresumption Author:Galileo Galilei
“For the little that one has reflected on the origin of our knowledge, it is easy to perceive that we can acquire it only by means of comparison. That which is absolutely incomparable is wholly incomprehensible. God is the only example that we could give here. He cannot be comprehended, because he cannot be compared. But all which is susceptible of comparison, everything that we can perceive by different aspects, all that we can consider relatively, can always be judged according to our knowledge.” KnowsGivingMeanLittlesDifferentGodScienceEasyKnowledgeExampleAspectObservationPerceiveAcquireComparisonJudgedSusceptibleIncomparable Author:Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
“One cannot enter don Juan's world intellectually, like a dilettante seeking fast and fleeting knowledge. Nor, in don Juan's world, can anything be verified absolutely. The only thing we can do is arrive at a state of increased awareness that allows us to perceive the world around us in a more inclusive manner.” WorldStatesCan DoKnowledgeAwarenessIntelligentSeekingPerceiveFleetingDon JuanJuanDilettantes Author:Carlos Castaneda