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Russell_L_Ackoff

Wisdom Understanding Knowledge

“There can be no wisdom without understanding and no understanding without knowledge.”
  • Source: Russell L. Ackoff in “From Data to Wisdom” published 1988 in the Journal of Applied Systems Analysis, volume 16. Transcript of the presidential address to ISGSR, June 1988.
Keywords: Wisdom_quotes Understanding_quotes Knowledge_quotes

Douglas_Adams

Don't Panic

“In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitch Hiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important respects. First, it is slightly cheaper; and secondly it has the words Don't Panic inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover”.
  • Source: Adams, D. (1979). ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’. New York, NY: Harmony Books.
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Isaac_Asimov

Philosophy

“‘Philosopher’ is Greek for ‘louer of wisdom.’ How many students have longed for some philosophers to be, with equal dedication, ‘haters of obscurity’.”
  • Source: Isaac Asimov, chapter epigraph in Isaac Asimov’s Book of Science and Nature Quotations, edited by Isaac Asimov and Jason A. Shulman, published in 1988 by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, New York. Chapter 69, page 268. ISBN 1-555-84111-2.
Keywords: Philosophy_quotes Greek_quotes Love_quotes Wisdom_quotes Student_quotes Equal_quotes Dedicated_quotes Hate_quotes Obscure_quotes

Technology

“Science in the service of humanity is technology, but lack of wisdom may make the service harmful.”
  • Source: Isaac Asimov, chapter epigraph in Isaac Asimov’s Book of Science and Nature Quotations, edited by Isaac Asimov and Jason A. Shulman, published in 1988 by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, New York. Chapter 83, page 321. ISBN 1-555-84111-2.
Keywords: Science_quotes Service_quotes Humanity_quotes Technology_quotes Lack_quotes Wisdom_quotes Make_quotes Harmful_quotes

Bible_Verses

Wisdom and Understanding (Proverbs 3:13)

(13) “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.”
Keywords: Happy_quotes Find_quotes Wisdom_quotes Understanding_quotes Man_quotes

Octavia_E_Butler

Choose Your Leaders

“Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be lied to. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.”
  • Source: Written by Octavia E. Butler in her book entitled “Parable of the Talents”. Chapter 11. First published by Seven Stories Press, New York, NY, in 1998. ISBN-13: 978-1-888363-81-4.
Keywords: Choose_quotes Leader_quotes Wisdom_quotes Forethought_quotes Lead_quotes Coward_quotes Control_quotes Fear_quotes Fool_quotes Opportunist_quotes Thief_quotes Precious_quotes Treasure_quotes Steal_quotes Liar_quotes Lie_quotes Tryant_quotes Sell_quotes Love_quotes Slavery_quotes

Nigel_Cross

Conventional Problem Solving

"Conventional wisdom about problem-solving seems often to be contradicted by the behavior of expert designers. But designing has many differences from conventional problem-solving. ... we must be very wary about importing models of design behavior from other fields. Empirical studies of design activity have frequently found 'intuitive' features of design ability to be the most effective and relevant to the intrinsic nature of design. Some aspects of design theory, however, have tried to develop counter-intuitive models and prescriptions for design behavior."
Keywords: Convention_quotes Wisdom_quotes Problem_quotes Solution_quotes Contradiction_quotes Expert_quotes Design_quotes Model_quotes Behavior_quotes Empirical_quotes Research_quotes Activity_quotes Intuition_quotes Ability_quotes Relevance_quotes Intrinsic_quotes Nature_quotes Theory_quotes Prescription_quotes Feature_quotes Field_quotes Effective_quotes

Democritus

Live Wisely

“Many who have not learned wisdom live wisely.”
Keywords: Learn_quotes Wisdom_quotes Live_quotes Wisely_quotes

Edsger_Wybe_Dijkstra

Lines of Code

“My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as 'lines produced' but as 'lines spent': the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the ledger.”
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Information Knowledge Understanding Wisdom

“May, in spite of all distractions generated by technology, all of you succeed in turning information into knowledge, knowledge into understanding, and understanding into wisdom.”
Keywords: Technology_quotes Information_quotes Knowledge_quotes Understanding_quotes Wisdom_quotes Distraction_quotes Generate_quotes Succeed_quotes Turn_quotes

Arthur_Conan_Doyle

Wisdom Late

“I confess that I have been as blind as a mole, but it is better to learn wisdom late, than never to learn it at all.”
Keywords: Confess_quotes Blind_quotes Mole_quotes Better_quotes Learn_quotes Wisdom_quotes Late_quotes

Max_Ehrmann

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
  • Source: Max Ehrmann [Poem/Author]; 2022/1948/1933/1927 [Dates];
    • 2022 [Book/Version/Date]; “Desiderata” [Title]; Samantha Seebeck [Editor]; Independent [Publisher]; 979-8420409275 [ISBN];
    • 1948 [Book/Version/Date]; Bertha K. Ehrmann [Editor]; Bruce Humphries, Inc. [Publisher/Name]; Boston, MA [Publisher/Location]; First [Edition]; “Desiderata” [Book/Section/Title];
    • 1933-04-05 [Magazine/Version/Date]; “Desiderata” [Title]; Michigan Tradesman [Magazine/Name]; Cover [Magazine/Placement];
    • 1927 [Copyright/Date];
    • 1927/2023 [URL/Version]; WikiSource Desiderate 1927 Version at https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Desiderata [URL/Link]; 2023 [URL/Retrieved/Date]
Keywords: Composure_quotes Noise_quotes Peace_quotes Silence_quotes Friendliness_quotes Truth_quotes Honesty_quotes Communication_quotes Listening_quotes Ignorance_quotes Story_quotes Aggression_quotes Avoidance_quotes Spirituality_quotes Competition_quotes Vanity_quotes Bitterness_quotes Achievement_quotes Pleasure_quotes Plan_quotes Career_quotes Humility_quotes Time_quotes Business_quotes Deception_quotes Virtue_quotes Heroism_quotes Affection_quotes Cynacism_quotes Love_quotes Disenchantment_quotes Advice_quotes Age_quotes Youth_quotes Maturity_quotes Surrender_quotes Strength_quotes Shield_quotes Misfortune_quotes Imagination_quotes Fear_quotes Fatigue_quotes Loneliness_quotes Discipline_quotes Gentleness_quotes Self_Care_quotes Universe_quotes Children_quotes Tree_quotes Star_quotes Validation_quotes Rights_quotes Destiny_quotes Future_quotes Deity_quotes Labor_quotes Desire_quotes Sham_quotes Drudgery_quotes Dreaming_quotes World_quotes Appreciation_quotes Happiness_quotes Optimism_quotes Cheerfulness_quotes Wisdom_quotes

Albert_Einstein

Magnificent Applied Science

“Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness? The simple answer runs: Because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it. In war it serves that we may poison and mutilate each other. In peace it has made our lives hurried and uncertain. Instead of freeing us in great measure from spiritually exhausting labor, it has made men into slaves of machinery, who for the most part complete their monotonous long day's work with disgust and must continually tremble for their poor rations... It is not enough that you should understand about applied science in order that your work may increase man's blessings. Concern for the man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavours; concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and the distribution of goods in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.”
  • Source: Albert Einstein [Speaker];
    • 1950-02-16 [Speech/Date]; California Institute of Technology [Location]; CalTech students [Audience];
    • 1950-02-17 [Reporting/Article/Date]; “Einstein Sees Lack in Applying Science” [Title]; Anonymous [Article/Author]; New York Times [Reporting/Newspaper]; 8 [Page];
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Search for Truth

“As for the search for truth, I know from my own painful searching, with its many blind alleys, how hard it is to take a reliable step, be it ever so small, towards the understanding of that which is truly significant.”
  • Source: Albert Einstein, Letter to an interested layman (13 Feb 1934). In Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, “Albert Einstein: The Human Side: New Glipses From His Archives”, published in 1981 by Princeton University Press, page 18.
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Science is Primitive

“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike — and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
  • Source: Letter to Hans Muehsam (9 July 1951), Einstein Archives 38-408, quoted in The Ultimate Quotable Einstein (2010) by Alice Calaprice, page 404.
Keywords: Science_quotes Reality_quotes Wisdom_quotes Knowledge_quotes Values_quotes Learn_quotes Life_quotes Primitive_quotes Childlike_quotes Precious_quotes

Yuval_Noah_Harari

Wisdom Depends

“Wisdom is commonly understood to mean ‘making right decisions,’ but what ‘right’ means depends on value judgments that differ among diverse people, cultures, and ideologies.”
  • Source: Yuval Noah Harari writing in his book ‘Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI’. Published in 2024 by Random House. Kindle edition. Prologue page XVI. ISBN 978-0593734247.
Keywords: Wisdom_quotes Understand_quotes Common_quotes Mean_quotes Make_quotes Right_quotes Decision_quotes Depend_quotes Value_quotes Judgment_quotes Differ_quotes Diverse_quotes People_quotes Culture_quotes Ideology_quotes

Joseph_Heller

Protective Rationalization

“The chaplain had mastered, in a moment of divine intuition, the handy technique of protective rationalization, and he was exhilarated by his discovery. It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.”
  • Source: Heller, Joseph. 'Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition'. Chapter 34 'Thanksgiving', page 427. Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.
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Aldous_Huxley

Science without Art

“The peoples of the West no longer share a literature and a system of ancient wisdom. All that they now have in common is science and information. Now, science is knowledge, not wisdom; deals with quantities, not with the qualities of which we are immediately aware. In so far as we are enjoying and suffering beings, its words seem to us mostly irrelevant and beside the point. Moreover, these words are arranged without art; therefore possess no magical power and are incapable of propping or moulding the mind of the reader.”
  • Source: Aldous Huxley (1936). An essay entitled Words and Behavior within the book The Olive Tree and Other Essays, published by Harper and Brothers, ASIN: B08VNTBLY4.
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Carl_Jung

Nourish the Soul

“My friends, it is wise to nourish the soul, otherwise you will breed dragons and devils in your heart.”
  • Source: Written by Carl G. Jung in ‘The Red Book’, also known as ‘Liber Novus’, which was originally written from 1914 to 1930. It was first published in 2009 by W. W. Norton in a facsimile edition, complete with an English translation. The edition used here is the book ‘The Red Book: Liber Novus: A Reader's Edition’, written by C. G. Jung, edited with an introduction by Sonu Shamdasani, translated by Mark Kyburz, John Peck, and Sonu Shamdasani; published by W. W. Norton in 2012; ISBN 978-0393089080; Page 130.
Keywords: Soul_quotes Friend_quotes Wisdom_quotes Nourish_quotes Breed_quotes Dragon_quotes Devil_quotes Heart_quotes

John_F_Kennedy

Resources

“Malthus argued a century and a half ago that man, by using up all his available resources, would forever press on the limits of subsistence, thus condemning humanity to an indefinite future of misery and poverty. We can now begin to hope and, I believe, know that Malthus was expressing not a law of nature, but merely the limitation then of scientific and social wisdom. The truth or falsity of his prediction will depend now, with the tools we have, on our own actions, now and in the years to come.”
  • Source: John F. Kennedy, From Address to the Centennial Convocation of the National Academy of Sciences (22 Oct 1963), 'A Century of Scientific Conquest'. Online at The American Presidency Project.
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Christof_Koch

Brain Cells Switches or Computers

“Conventional wisdom views individual brain cells as simple switches or relays. In fact, we are finding that neurons are able to function more like a sophisticated computer.”
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Laozi

Knowing

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
  • Source: Laozi in “Tao Te Ching”, chapter 33, as interpreted by Stephen Mitchell (1992).
Keywords: Knowing_quotes Other_quotes Intelligence_quotes Self_quotes True_quotes Wisdom_quotes

Mozi

Know the Cause

“The wise man who has charge of governing the empire should know the cause of disorder before he can put it in order. Unless he knows its cause, he cannot regulate it.”
  • Source: Mozi, from the book ‘Mozi', an ancient collection of writings. Published in English in 1929 as ‘The Ethical and Political Works of Motse', translated by W. P. Mei. Retrieved 2024-03-20 from https://ctext.org/mozi.
Keywords: Wisdom_quotes Charge_quotes Govern_quotes Empire_quotes Know_quotes Cause_quotes Disorder_quotes Order_quotes Regulate_quotes

Daniel_O'Shiel

Philosopher

“Perhaps a philosopher is just a contributor to wisdom, by understanding and revolutionizing some understanding or element in our world; and thus, not restricted to the academic professional ‘philosophy’.”
Keywords: Philosophy_quotes Contribute_quotes Wisdom_quotes Understanding_quotes Revolution_quotes Element_quotes World_quotes Restrict_quotes Academic_quotes Professional_quotes

Alan_Perlis

Knowledge and Wisdom

“Both knowledge and wisdom extend man's reach. Knowledge led to computers, wisdom to chopsticks.”
Keywords: Knowledge_quotes Wisdom_quotes Extension_quotes Humanity_quotes Reach_quotes Computer_quotes Chopsticks_quotes

Socrates

All I Know Is That I Know Nothing

“As for me, all I know is that I know nothing, for when I don't know what Justice is, I'll hardly know whether it is a kind of virtue or not, or whether a person who has it is happy or unhappy.”
  • Source: Socrates, as quoted by Plato in ‘The Republic’, book I, 354b (circa 380 BCE).
Keywords: Knowledge_quotes Wisdom_quotes Justice_quotes Virtue_quotes Happiness_quotes Unhappy_quotes Person_quotes

Solomon

Wisdom and Grief

“For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.”
  • Source: Solomon (or Kohelet). Ecclesiastes 1:18, King James Version of the Bible
Keywords: Wisdom_quotes Grief_quotes Knowledge_quotes Sorrow_quotes Learning_quotes]] Increase_quotes

Robert_Louis_Stevenson

Same Views for Twenty Years

“To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser.”
  • Source: Stevenson, R.L. in the book 'Crabbed Age and Youth, Virginibus Puerisque and Later Essays', p. 67. Republished 1969, originally written between 1874–1879.
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E_O_Wilson

Drowning in Information

“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.”
  • Source: p. 294 Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998). Vintage Books. ISBN: 9780679450771. ISBN: 9780679768678.
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