Not Knowing Quotes - Page 9

• You should not have a favourite weapon. To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  War, Knowing, Weapons

  Miyamoto Musashi (2013). “The Book of Five Rings: A Text on Kenjutsu and the Martial Arts in General, Written by the Swordsman Miyamoto Musashi”, p.30, Lulu Press, Inc

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• An enlightened ruler doesnot worry about people not knowing him; he worriesabout not knowing people.

  Zhuge Liang

  Leadership, Art, War

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• The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up, as it were, in a prison and in servitude, and having by accident got its liberty, not being accustomed to search for its food, and not knowing where to conceal itself, easily becomes the prey of the first who seeks to incarcerate it again.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Knowing

  "Discourses on Livy" by Niccolò Machiavelli, book 1, ch. 16, 1517.

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• Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.

  Blaise Pascal

  Happiness, Knowing, Silence

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• No one is perfect in this world. Forgive people for not knowing better and learn to move on.

  Leon Brown

  Life, Moving, Knowing Better

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• As far as I am concerned, the greatest suffering is to feel alone, unwanted, unloved. The greatest suffering is also having no one, forgetting what an intimate, truly human relationship is, not knowing what it means to be loved, not having a family or friends.

  Mother Teresa

  Mean, Knowing, Suffering

  Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”

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• O, what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Knowing, May

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 4, sc. 1, l. [19]

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• Joy is our goal, our destiny. We cannot know who we are except in joy. Not knowing joy, we do not know ourselves.

  Marianne Williamson

  Destiny, Knowing, Goal

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “A Woman's Worth”, p.46, Ballantine Books

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• As much as most of the actors were kind of curious to know what their character meant in relation to the script and to the plot, they really were quite happy to be part of the adventure of not knowing.

  Radha Mitchell

  Travel, Adventure, Character

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• I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies.

  Bruce Lee

  Lying, Positivity, Knowing

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• A girl could be sitting on her computer, trying to get noticed by me, and not knowing she's the future Mrs. Justin Bieber.

  Justin Bieber

  Girl, Cocky, Knowing

  "Justin Bieber’s Guide To Life" by Lauren Duca, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 07, 2013.

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• These are the only two situations possible, and you are in the sad situation. Everybody may know about you - who you are - but you yourself are completely oblivious of your transcendence, of your real nature, of your authentic being. This is the only sadness in life. You can find many excuses, but the real sadness is this: you don't know who you are. How can a person be happy not knowing who he is, not knowing from where he comes, not knowing where he is going? A thousand and one problems arise because of this basic self-ignorance.

  Rajneesh

  Real, Sadness, Ignorance

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• One of the worst forms of mental suffering is boredom, not knowing what to do with oneself and one's life. Even if man had no monetary, or any other reward, he would be eager to spend his energy in some meaningful way because he could not stand the boredom which inactivity produces.

  Erich Fromm

  Meaningful, Men, Knowing

  Erich Fromm (2012). “The Sane Society”, p.282, Routledge

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• I called it ignose, not knowing which carbohydrate it was. This name was turned down by my editor. 'God-nose' was not more successful, so in the end 'hexuronic acid' was agreed upon. To-day the substance is called 'ascorbic acid' and I will use this name.

  Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

  Success, Knowledge, Science

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• It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

  Charles Sanders Peirce

  Knowledge, Science, Men

  Charles Sanders Peirce (1974). “Collected Papers”, p.20, Harvard University Press

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• Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do.

  Robin Sharma

  Inspirational, Success, Knowing

  Twitter post from Nov 28, 2015

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• Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack.

  James Earl Jones

  Money, Children, Thinking

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• A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Men

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• You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things... It doesn't frighten me.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Ignorance, Knowing, Doubt

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• We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old. This seems to be close to the heart of that mystery. I know no more now than I ever did about the far side of death as the last letting-go of all, but now I know that I do not need to know, and that I do not need to be afraid of not knowing. God knows. That is all that matters.

  Frederick Buechner

  Death, Letting Go, Heart

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• John and I weren't capable of getting back to Kenwood from there, so the four of us sat up for the rest of the night as the walls moved, the plants talked, other people looked like ghouls and time stood still. It was horrific: I hated the lack of control and not knowing what was going on or what would happen next.

  Cynthia Lennon

  Wall, Night, Ghouls

  Cynthia Lennon (2005). “John”, Crown Pub

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• We didn't win a Super Bowl together, and that's something I'll always regret - not knowing what that feels like. But you and I have won more games together than any quarterback and coach combination in the history of the NFL.

  Dan Marino

  Football, Regret, Winning

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• I believe in intuition and inspiration...at times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason.

  Albert Einstein

  Believe, Inspiration, Knowing

  Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw (2012). “Einstein on Cosmic Religion and Other Opinions and Aphorisms”, p.97, Courier Corporation

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• The stress that they're under is absolutely extreme. Indefinite detention. Not knowing when you're going to get out. The threat of being sent back to a country that you fear you're going to be murdered or tortured upon return. I mean, this is the most extreme form of stress you can possibly conjure up. And our country is doing this to these people.

  Patrick McGorry

  Leadership, Country, Stress

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• I think what drives scientists is this tremendous intellectual adventure - pushing the boundaries of knowledge, walking down a track that nobody has walked down before, not knowing what's around the corner and then seeing a landscape that is so extraordinarily beautiful and complex, being part of the community that is driving the boundaries of knowledge and giving us insight into the amazing process of life.

  Suzanne Cory

  Beautiful, Motivation, Adventure

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