John Brunner book Stand on Zanzibar
continuity (39) “Better To Be a Volcano”
Stand on Zanzibar (1968)
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 364
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
John Brunner book Stand on Zanzibar
continuity (39) “Better To Be a Volcano”
Stand on Zanzibar (1968)
“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”
Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) Austrian writer
Confusion of Feelings or Confusion: The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R. Von D (1927)
Francois Rabelais book Gargantua and Pantagruel
Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532–1564), Pantagruel (1532), Chapter 8 <!-- Thy father Gargantua. From Utopia the 17th day of the month of March. -->
Variant translation: Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind, and science without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
Original: Science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme.
Context: But because, as the wise man Solomon saith, Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind, and that knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul, it behoveth thee to serve, to love, to fear God, and on him to cast all thy thoughts and all thy hope, and by faith formed in charity to cleave unto him, so that thou mayst never be separated from him by thy sins. Suspect the abuses of the world. Set not thy heart upon vanity, for this life is transitory, but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. Be serviceable to all thy neighbours, and love them as thyself. Reverence thy preceptors: shun the conversation of those whom thou desirest not to resemble, and receive not in vain the graces which God hath bestowed upon thee.
“Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death”
Molière (1622–1673) French playwright and actor
“It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one.”
Chuck Palahniuk (1962) American novelist, essayist
Salon.com Letters http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2003/08/26/chuck/index.html. Response by Palahniuk to Laura Miller's review. (2003-08-26)
“A name made great is a name destroyed. He who does not increase his knowledge decreases it.”
Hillel the Elder (-112–9 BC) Mishnah rabbi
1:13
Pirkei Avot