"It is not enough to have knowledge;..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
It is not enough to have knowledge; one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish it.
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“For to give is the business of the rich.[Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]”
“One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.”
“Let us seek to fathom those things that are fathomable and reserve those things which are unfathomable for reverence in quietude.”
More on Action
“He who is ever brooding over result often loses nerve in the performance of his duty.”
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”
“Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, 'I'll get a bigger job, then I'll learn how to be a leader.' But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isn't a position, it's a process.”
More on Knowledge
“What can I know? What ought I to do? What may I hope?”
“Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.”
“Reason must approach nature in order to be taught by it. It must not, however, do so in the character of a pupil who listens to everything that the teacher chooses to say, but of an appointed judge who compels the witness to answer questions which he has himself formulated.”