"Most adults are knowledgeable to a child, but ignorant for their age."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Knowledge, Truth, Wisdom, Regret, Life

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"If you are still breathing, don not stop learning."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

Knowledge, Communication, Language, Learning, Science

"I who know many present things by my art," replied the Hermit with a smile, "have yet little knowledge of things future. Therefore I do not know whether any man or woman or beast in the whole world will be alive when the sun sets tonight. But be of good hope. The damsel is likely to live as long as any her age."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Knowledge, Future, Hope, Uncertainty

"Knowing more than someone does not necessarily mean that you know every single thing they know."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Knowledge, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Regret

"Understand the concept of time and find ways to maximize it effectively."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Knowledge, Time, Understanding, Efficiency, Optimization

"Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Knowledge, Thinking, Books, God

"The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable, the latter is not."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Knowledge, Ignorance, Truth, Power, Wisdom

"Let's stop discussing about who a wise person is and start learning to become wise persons. Begin acquiring knowledge at the very moment you discover that there is something called "knowledge"!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Knowledge, Wisdom, Learning, Growth

"We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Knowledge, Open

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"There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on."

Emotion, Pain, Truth, Love

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

Parenting, Truth, Life, Power, Wisdom

"AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call 'The Presumption of Sickness,' i.e., the principle that whomever we are about to sleep with is HIV-positive until proven HIV-negative."

Health, Truth, Regret, Power, Future

"When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they're not really concerned about him, they're concerned about their daughter's tummy."

Society, Parents, Concern, Living, Relationship

"A newspaper is an oversized book with adverts and an expiry date."

Media, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack."

Technology, Internet, Class, Provocation, Society

"Some people respect some people only because some people respect them."

Respect, Power, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

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"If you are still breathing, don not stop learning."

"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking."

"It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese."

"Knowing more than someone does not necessarily mean that you know every single thing they know."

"Understand the concept of time and find ways to maximize it effectively."

"Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings."

"The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable, the latter is not."

"Let's stop discussing about who a wise person is and start learning to become wise persons. Begin acquiring knowledge at the very moment you discover that there is something called "knowledge"!"

"We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about."

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"There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on."

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."

"Retro is a symptom of a generation that is too lazy to innovate."

"A tie is what you get after ice cubes have wrestled with hot water."

"AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call 'The Presumption of Sickness,' i.e., the principle that whomever we are about to sleep with is HIV-positive until proven HIV-negative."

"When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they're not really concerned about him, they're concerned about their daughter's tummy."

"A newspaper is an oversized book with adverts and an expiry date."

"Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack."

"Some people respect some people only because some people respect them."