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“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.”

“There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing as knowledge of the hidden ways of Nature.”

“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.”

“Knowledge is huge and is spreading everywhere with an infinitive path to lead you there.”

“Happiness is what matters, feeling alive-not art or knowledge or money.”

Abu'd-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), say, 'Allah will make the path to the Garden easy for anyone who travels a path in search of knowledge. Angels spread their wings for the seeker of knowledge out of pleasure for what he is doing. Everyone in the heavens and everyone in the earth ask forgiveness for a man of knowledge, even the fish in the water. The superiority of the man of knowledge to the man of worship is like the superiority of the moon to all the planets. The men of knowledge are the heirs of the Prophets. The Prophets bequeath neither dinar nor dirham; they bequeath knowledge. Whoever takes it has taken an ample portion.'" [Related by Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi; Riyad al-Salihin: 1388]

The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, specific, and articulate will be our knowledge of what we do not know; our knowledge of our ignorance. For this indeed, is the main source of our ignorance - the fact that our knowledge can be only finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.

“Learning is about more than simply acquiring new knowledge and insights; it is also crucial to unlearn old knowledge that has outlived its relevance. Thus, forgetting is probably at least as important as learning.”

“In this century, the seminal driver of innovation is knowledge. Given that universities are major producers in the global knowledge economy, they become pivotal in this race to maintain a viable economic base that can sustain a high quality of life.”

“In and of itself UIMA does not extract knowledge. It provides interfaces, provides a common framework that enables you to plug and play various technologies to extract knowledge and incorporate it into enterprise business applications and intelligence applications.”