"It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity."

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Source : William Ellery Channing (1840). “Lectures on the elevation of the labouring portion of the community”, p.25

William Ellery Channing

#Inspirational Quotes #Knowledge Quotes #Learning Quotes

“I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.”
“Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated.Â Suppose the fight was fixed.Â Suppose God took you on a crystal ball trip into your future and you saw with indubitable certainty that despite everything â€” your sin, your smallness, your stupidity â€” you could have free for the asking your whole crazy heartâ€™s deepest desire: heaven, eternal joy.Â Would you not return fearless and singing?Â What can earth do to you, if you are guaranteed heaven?Â To fear the worst earthly loss would be like a millionaire fearing the loss of a penny â€” less, a scratch on a penny.”
“Some care is needed in using Descartes' argument. "I think, therefore I am" says rather more than is strictly certain. It might seem as though we are quite sure of being the same person to-day as we were yesterday, and this is no doubt true in some sense. But the real Self is as hard to arrive at as the real table, and does not seem to have that absolute, convincing certainty that belongs to particular experiences.”
“What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots.”
“Everything is a work-in-progress.”
“When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.”
“I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.”
“Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”

Source : "Into the Wild". www.imdb.com. 2007.

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