Knowledge

“We have to invest in curiosity-driven research: research that comes from a simple desire to improve our understanding of the world.”

“If we add what you know to what we know, we may end up with a fuller, better picture.”

“A story that only someone who went through it could be trusted to give.”

“About matters and things regarding these natives, and even more so with respect to their antiquity, given that we do not have teachers or doctors, it is imperative to follow their testimonies.”

“To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth.”

“I have not traveled to be rich, to be learned, or to entertain myself.”

“Connecting with people from different disciplines has always informed my work.”

“Now strategy comes naturally, effortlessly, and without formula.”

“There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.”

“Each eradication of one of these is a gain to science; and each vulgar opinion, proved to be erroneous, is an approximation to truth.”

“Life’s real assets (are) not visible. The invisible are real assets. Real assets are friends, ideas, knowledge.”

“Der einzige Rohstoff dieses Landes sind die Köpfe.”

“Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.”

“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.”

“Мы никогда не будем умны чужим умом и славны чужою славою.”

“Yang salah adalah dia tahu atau nggak ya dia ngerjain apa. Kebanyakan mereka nggak tahu.”

“I used to check him and at the same time express to him my sense of the high advantage derived from this establishment in a scientific point of view.”

“You’re never going to learn something as profoundly as when it’s purely out of curiosity.”