“Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.”
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058–1111) Persian Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic
“Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion.”
Source: The Birth of Tragedy
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