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I began the study of medicine, impelled by a desire for knowledge

I began the study of medicine, impelled by a desire for knowledge of facts and of man. The resolution to do disciplined work tied me to both laboratory and clinic for a long time to come. – Karl Jaspers

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The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of mans being, unfolding itself in thought. – Karl Jaspers

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Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of random objects for the critical objectivity of significant knowledge is attained as a practice only philosophically in inner action. – Karl Jaspers

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You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see. – Tadao Ando

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You can do one of two things. You can bury you head in the sand and believe what everyone tells you – that you will always be that young, that thin and that fabulous. Or you can use all the things you have – talent, contacts, knowledge – and do something different. – Cat Deeley

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The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. – Laurence Sterne

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Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent. – Vine Deloria, Jr.

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