Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. 664
Thus, in accordance with the spirit of the Historical School, knowledge of the principles of the human world falls within that world itself, and the human sciences form an independent system. 561
The existence of inherent limits of experience in no way settles the question about the subordination of facts of the human world to our knowledge of matter. 621
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for all the things that make us human, for collecting memory. 566
It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature. 572
These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it. 2.27K
Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery. 601
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail. 2.43K
The knowledge that we have about what it is to be human that we have as a child is something we necessarily must lose. 623
No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings. 583
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing. 625
I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history. 548
A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process. 596
To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active. 556
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. 598
In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn. 620