K.O.S. (Determination) (track 8)
Albums, Blackstar (1998)
“Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death”
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1959).
Context: What transforms this world is — knowledge. Do you see what I mean? Nothing else can change anything in this world. Knowledge alone is capable of transforming the world, while at the same time leaving it exactly as it is. When you look at the world with knowledge, you realize that things are unchangeable and at the same time are constantly being transformed. You may ask what good it does us. Let's put it this way — human beings possess the weapon of knowledge in order to make life bearable. For animals such things aren't necessary. Animals don't need knowledge or anything of the sort to make life bearable. But human beings do need something, and with knowledge they can make the very intolerableness of life a weapon, though at the same time that intolerableness is not reduced in the slightest. That's all there is to it.
Knowing Yourself: The True in the False (1996)
“Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is.”
All and Everything: Views from the Real World (1973)
Context: Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to "learn." What is nearest to us is man; and you are the nearest of all men to yourself. Begin with the study of yourself; remember the saying "Know thyself."
“Life is only error,
And death is knowledge.”
Cassandra (1802)
“Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement.”
Source: The Complete Essays
““Knowing something as knowledge” and “realizing” are different. You have to realize.”
Extracted from Proverbs Blog https://providencepath.wordpress.com/2016/06/08/jung-myung-seok-knowing-is-different-from-realizing/
