Quote About Ignorance and Knowledge – Karl Popper
“Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride, or laziness of mind.”
Karl Popper
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Outcast or Self-Betrayal: Chris Hedges on Integrity and Resistance
“It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one’s own country, than an outcast from one’s self. It is better to see what is about to befall us and to resist than to retreat into the fantasies embraced by a nation of the blind.”
Chris Hedges
Quote on Prejudice and Logic by Robert A. Heinlein
“You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.”
Robert A. Heinlein
Quote by Robert A. Heinlein on Self-Responsibility and Life Realities
“At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does not come from policemen, that ‘news’ is not something that happens to other people. He might learn how his ancestors lived and that he himself is no different–in the crunch his life depends on his agility, alertness, and personal resourcefulness.”
Robert A. Heinlein
Stella McCartney on Dreams, Work, and Authenticity
“It’s incredibly important that if you have the dream of having your own house, you don’t pretend to be something you’re not. Ultimately, it’s unsustainable and people will see through. You have to work; you can’t expect your dreams to be handed to you on a plate.”
Stella McCartney
Reading Good Books – Quote by Allan Bloom
“The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency – the belief that the here and now is all there is.”
Allan Bloom
Alan Kay on School and Different Points of View
“School is basically about one point of view – the one the teacher has or the textbooks have. They don’t like the idea of having different points of view.”
Alan Kay
How to Master Your Fate – Quote by Wilhelm von Humboldt
“How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.”
Wilhelm von Humboldt
True Ignorance – Quote by Karl Popper
“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.”
Karl Popper
Karl Popper on Evolution as a Metaphysical Research Program
“Evolution is not a fact. Evolution doesn’t even qualify as a theory or as a hypothesis. It is a metaphysical research program, and it is not really testable science.”
Karl Popper