“Without love the acquisition of knowledge only increases confusion and leads to self-destruction.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
1950s, Education and the Significance of Life (1953)
“No act of knowledge acquisition is entirely without risk.”
— Alastair Reynolds, book House of Suns
Source: House of Suns (2008), Chapter 5 (p. 59)
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