
“The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.”
The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception (1909) Introduction
Source: 2010: Odyssey Two
“The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.”
The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception (1909) Introduction
“When you know what you're against you have taken the first step to discovering what you're for.”
Source: The Ground Beneath Her Feet
“Scepticism is the first step towards truth.”
As quoted in The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations (1963) by Norbert Gutermam
Pensées Philosophiques (1746)
Variant: A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into. Hence skepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone.
Variant: The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
Source: Pensées philosophiques
"Morality and Birth Control", February-March, 1918, pp. 11,14.
Birth Control Review, 1918-32
it is greatness itself.
Reported in Louis Klopsch, Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896), p. 133.
Narrator, p. 168
Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Enemy (1984)
"Fala Chen Is Bringing Her Excellence to Hollywood" in Town & Country https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a37223279/fala-chen-jiang-li-shang-chi-marvel-interview/ (1 September 2021)
“A correct theory is the first step towards improvement”
Source: The Theory of Political Economy (1871), Chapter I, Introduction, p. 44.
Context: A correct theory is the first step towards improvement, by showing what we need and what we might accomplish.