knowledge Quotes

The humblest person in this world is the astrophysicist. Because we are face to face with our ignorance every single day.

The Venus transit is not a spectacle the way a total solar eclipse is a spectacle.

I study the universe. It's the second oldest profession. People have been looking up for a long time.

Many academicians don't even own a television, much less watch one.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

I am among those who think that science has great beauty.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.