Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) British statesman and man of letters
14 December 1756
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)
Source: Slow Learner: Early Stories
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) British statesman and man of letters
14 December 1756
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)
Karl Popper (1902–1994) Austrian-British philosopher of science
Variant translation: The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, clear, and well-defined will be our knowledge of what we do not know, our knowledge of our ignorance. The main source of our ignorance lies in the fact that our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963)
Context: The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, specific, and articulate will be our knowledge of what we do not know, our knowledge of our ignorance. For this, indeed, is the main source of our ignorance — the fact that our knowledge can be only finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
Anthony Doerr (1973) American writer
Source: Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
Talking about Kabbalah http://www.thelpa.com/lpa/quotes.html
Hermann Bondi (1919–2005) British mathematician and cosmologist
Hermann Bondi, Assumption and Myth in Physical Theory, (1967) p. 11
Richard Rohr (1943) American spiritual writer, speaker, teacher, Catholic Franciscan priest
Source: Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer (1999), p. 110
“Money often puts a spotlight on what we do not know.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!