Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

About This Quote

If we are to understand what is happening in the world, we must understand the world. But, if we are to understand the world, we must understand all that happens in it—our complete knowledge of everything would be complete. The quote above tells us that understanding something is the same as understanding everything. This is a powerful truth because it means that complete understanding can be reached by studying one thing.

An example of this is learning about computers. If you only learn about computers, or learn about Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint, you are not learning about everything. The inclusion of everything means that you are learning about everything.

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More Quotes By Blaise Pascal

1. The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

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2. I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.", 1657)

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3. I made this [letter] very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter.

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4. To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

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5. To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

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