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The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.

The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of in illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

If a man's faith is unstable and his peace of mind troubled, his knowledge will not be perfect..

A man has only so much knowledge as he puts to work.

Knowledge without religion will no more sanctify than painted fire will burn, or the sight of water cleanse.

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.

Knowledge is the wing whereby we fly to Heaven.

He that has more knowledge than judgement, is made for another man's use more than his own.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Information is not knowledge.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.