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Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of

Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge. – John Boyd Orr

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Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance and that is always conducive to humility and reverence. – Robert Millikan

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Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility. – Robin Morgan

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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. – Plato

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Imparting knowledge is only lighting other mens candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. – Jane Porter

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