Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Interpretation
Knowledge can be personal or sourced from others.
This quote by Samuel Johnson emphasizes the two forms of knowledge: personal understanding of a subject and the awareness of where to seek information. It suggests that true knowledge isnβt just about what one knows directly but also includes recognizing the resources available for acquiring further understanding.
In practice
In a classroom setting when discussing the importance of utilizing libraries and online resources.
To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.
Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
I was going to show my kids that no matter what happened with their parents, parole officers and other teachers, I wouldn't give up on them. I let them know it matters to me that you come to class, it matters to me that you try, it matters to me when you succeed.
Pakistan has to export a lot of uneducated people, many of whom have become infected with the most barbaric reactionary ideas.
You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems.
If you're an adult and you choose not to believe in science, fine, but please don't prevent your children from learning about it and letting them draw their own conclusions.
Hairstyles change, and skirt lengths, and slang, but high school administrations? Never.
You have to connect your work to what people are doing. A good way is to construct a bridge between theory and practice - Amartya Sen and I tried this by founding the Human Development and Capabilities Association where practitioners meet theoreticians and their discourse influences practice.
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