Quotes about "Global & Cultural Wisdom"

In law, as in every other branch of knowledge, the truths given by induction tend to form the premises for new deductions. The lawyers and the judges of successive generations do not repeat for themselves the process of verification any more than most of us repeat the demonstrations of the truths of astronomy or physics. ”

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. ”

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: 'This is my country.' ”

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. ”

Where knowledge ends, religion begins. ”

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge. ”

I still have a lot to learn about what the love of Christ is like - that it's not just knowledge... but it's allowing the truth to change you - allowing Christ's message of grace and hope and love through the cross, that that message is the message that changes the way we look at everything in our lives. ”

I'm just trying to create a working knowledge of my body. So it knows what to expect. ”

The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961. ”

While the West tries to turn its civilization into cultural variety hour, Islam tries to turn Muslim lands into a cultural monolith. The same West that justifies the rap culture thinks that every Muslim terrorist bombing is an expression of economic angst or social alienation. ”