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The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula.

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn’t contain a single idea.