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When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation. ”
The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah. ”
Education can become a self-fulfilling activity, liberating in and of itself. ”
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. ”
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. ”
Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make. ”
Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity. ”
My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education. ”
When computer systems cause errors, you can end up with The Dreaded NIGO - the 'not in good order' transaction. ”
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since. ”