“Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.”– Simone Weil Related Quotes “There is no stopping the world’s tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many, the political authority that is based on the knowledge of the few.”– Van Wyck Brooks “The true method of knowledge is experiment.”– William Blake “Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.”– Clifford Stoll