There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

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"We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter."

- Denis Diderot

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"Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off."

- Denis Diderot

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"There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge … observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination."

- Denis Diderot

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"Knowledge is that which benefits not that which is memorized."

- Imam al-Shafi’i (RA)

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"I didnt get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone."

- Wade Boggs

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"Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t."

- Bill Nye

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"The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows."

- Aristotle Onassis

Knowledge

"Knowledge is not power. The implementation of knowledge is power."

- Larry Winget

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