Quote by Isaac Asimov
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wi

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. – Isaac Asimov

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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. – Isaac Asimov

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Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition. – Isaac Asimov

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It takes more than capital to swing business. Youve got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by – Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics. – Isaac Asimov

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The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. – John Locke

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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. – Plato

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Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. – Albert Einstein

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They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but its not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. – Terry Pratchett

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