Nilakanta Sri Ram Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
-
We are wiser than we know.
-
People always talk about the implication and applications of a process, but for me, the goal is purely about knowledge. Knowledge can become practical today, in 20 years, or in 500 years. Ask Newton. He didn't know there would be space research based on his accident with the apple.
-
When I was in college, I became interested in various aspects of foreign policy and international relations. Even as a kid, I was interested in what I call, loosely speaking, forbidden knowledge.
-
We know about the socially complex lives of elephants: how they communicate, how they bond, how they even seem to grieve. We have ethologists in the field and activists on the ground to thank for that knowledge.
-
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
-
If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
-
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
-
Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
-
'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record; that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate.
-
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.
-
There are all kinds of sources of our knowledge; but none has authority … The fundamental mistake made by the philosophical theory of the ultimate sources of our knowledge is that it does not distinguish clearly enough between questions of origin and questions of validity.
-
With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow; And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd - 'I came like Water, and like Wind I go'.
-
Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.
-
In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.
-
I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.
-
It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.
-
There is a huge thirst for knowledge among the younger generation for contemporary art, but most of them learn about it by going on the Internet.
-
We have to build a better education in this country. We need to step it up.
-
I'm really excited about the prospect of deepening what is already a really strong relationship that I have with the people of Broward.
-
When every fact, every present or past phenomenon of that universe, every phase of present or past life therein, has been examined, classified, and co-ordinated with the rest, then the mission of science will be completed. What is this but saying that the task of science can never end till man ceases to be, till history is no longer made, and development itself ceases?
-
What fetched me instantly (and thousands of other newcomers with me) was the subtle but unmistakable sense of escape from the United States.
-
Wisdom is not knowledge, but lies in the use we make of knowledge.
