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The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly. -- Jean Piaget
I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture. -- William Glasser
Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens. -- Harry Browne
The world isn't one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority. -- Rory Stewart
Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered. -- Abdallah II
Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political, economic, and social structure. -- John Boyd Orr
Prior to SunRun, I was headed toward a career in venture capital and then realized I wanted to apply my knowledge of finance more directly to helping change the world. -- Lynn Jurich
When time and space and change converge, we find place. We arrive in Place when we resolve things. Place is peace of mind and understanding. Place is knowledge of self. Place is resolution. -- Abdullah Ibrahim
People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their behavior out of reason in a way that animals can't do. -- Gretchen Rubin
To maximize our potential to enhance our health and our knowledge, we should remain open to new understanding and evolving technology or resources that might inspire a change in our approach to these important questions. -- Samuel Wilson
All handling by IPCC of the Sea Level questions have been done in a way that cannot be accepted and that certainly not concur with modern knowledge of the mode and mechanism of sea level changes. -- Nils-Axel Morner
Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities. -- George Boole
Human knowledge has been changing from the word go and people in certain respects behave more rationally than they did when they didn't have it. They spend less time doing rain dances and more time seeding clouds. -- Herbert Simon
At the simplest level, economics can better show us the consequences of our actions. Less simple are cases in which we don't have the knowledge to predict the full consequences. Global warming and climate change are examples. -- Edmund Phelps
It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact - hence changing general statements about it - and, not least, a changing a structure of the theoretical system. -- Talcott Parsons
Human knowledge has been changing from the word 'go,' and people, in certain respects, behave more rationally than they did when they didn't have it. They spend less time doing rain dances and more time seeding clouds. -- Herbert A. Simon
Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense; or, to change the phrase, all knowledge which comes not to us through our senses we gain by faith in others. -- Matthew Simpson
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience. -- Mao Zedong
The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of the reciprocal interaction of new factual insights and knowledge on the one hand with changes in the theoretical system on the other. -- Talcott Parsons
Personal law is simply the thought that controls your mind and your life more than any other thought. Finding that thought is the most valuable knowledge that you can have about yourself. It is like the leverage on personal change. It enables you to change very efficiently. -- Leonard Orr
Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. -- William Arthur Ward
Change itself is neither good nor bad, but knowledge is always useful. -- Christopher Paolini
The Scriptures were not given to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives. -- Dwight L. Moody
Through training there is knowledge. You can produce compassion, love, forgiveness. you can change yourself. -- Dalai Lama
Language does not stand still. Surprisingly, despite this knowledge, most speakers are fearful of change. -- Peter Farb
Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself. -- Alexander Pope
Technology is knowledge of how the universe works that enables you to change the world. -- Howard Rheingold
Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind. -- Toni Morrison
In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power. -- John F. Kennedy
Always revisit your decisions in the light of new knowledge and information. Don't be afraid to change. -- Chris Guillebeau
It is not time that changes man nor knowledge the only thing that can change someone's mind is love. -- Paulo Coelho
Knowledge of any kind ... brings about a change in awareness from where it is possible to create new realities. -- Deepak Chopra
Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments. -- Marshall McLuhan
Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people. -- James L. Farmer, Jr.
Sometimes when a new piece of knowledge comes along you suddenly change your priorities and focus on something completely different instead. -- John Hartford
His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses; present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation. -- Saint Augustine
His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses: present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation. -- Augustine of Hippo
You change as the years go by. The more knowledge you get, the more things change in your life and circumstances change. -- Clint Eastwood
...knowing about your past lives is worse than useless if that knowledge doesn't bring you some kind of positive change or healing." -- Lianne Downey
All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Success means using your knowledge and experience to satisfy yourself. Significance means using your knowledge and experience to change the lives of others. -- Bob Buford
But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory. -- Talcott Parsons
True literature should rouse the reader, unsettle him, change his view of the world, give him a resolute push over the cliff of self-knowledge -- FÃ©lix J. Palma
Knowledge empowers people. If people know the rules, and are sensitized by art, humor, and creativity, they are much more likely to accept change. -- Antanas Mockus
Ignorance is ugly and is the result of a lack of education. Help change that by spreading knowledge, positivity, & love for your fellow man. -- Eric Halvorsen
I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions. -- Benjamin Carson
One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay. -- Plato
Computerization brings about an essential change in the way the worker can know the world and, with it, a crisis of confidence inthe possibility of certain knowledge. -- Shoshana Zuboff
Policy decisions on climate change are being deliberated every day by those without full knowledge of the science, and often with intentional misinformation spawned by special interests. -- James Hansen
The greatest change to go from average to fortune is not so much an increase in knowledge, but rather, a change in our emotions about achieving our goals. -- Jim Rohn
A remorseful change of mind renders even a noble action base, whereas the determination which is grounded on knowledge and reason cannot change even if its actions fail. -- Plutarch

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