“Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not.”

Patrick Ness

Patrick Ness - “Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and...” 1

Similar quotes

“Spackle!” Manchee barks, tho he’s too chicken to attack now that I’ve held back. “Spackle! Spackle! Spackle!”“Shut up, Manchee,” I say.“Spackle!”“I said shut up!” I shout, which stops him.“Spackle?” Manchee says, unsure of things now.I swallow, trying to get rid of the pressure in my throat, the unbelieveable sadness that comes and comes as I look at it looking back at me. Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world keeps changing, whether I want it to or not.Cuz, it ain’t a Spackle.“It’s a girl,” I say.It’s a girl.”

Patrick Ness
Read more

“It's a wonderful epiphany: with a lie I can change reality; with a lie I can change the world.”

Brady Udall
Read more

“There are people who desperately want to change the world. I wonder if it could be measured, because the world is already in the state of continuously change since the beginning of time. Or they may just want their names etched nicely on men history.”

Toba Beta
Read more

“Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.”

Chuang Tse
Read more

“But you must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. The world is in balance, in Equilibrium. A wizard's power of Changing and Summoning can shake the balance of the world. It is dangerous, that power...It must follow knowledge, and serve need.”

Ursula K. Le Guin
Read more