Quotes About Knowledge

Moreover, I thought of him as having the mind and power of God. It was because he had a divine mind that he knew things and could speak with authority. Because he had divine power, he could do spectacular deeds such as multiplying loaves and walking on water.

Does that make him ordinary? No. I think he is one of the two most remarkable human beings who ever lived. I don't really care who the other one was—my point is that what we see in Jesus is a human possibility. That's what makes him so remarkable. If he was also divine, then he's not all that remarkable. If he had the knowledge and power of God, he could have done so much more.

Critical thinking is an unavoidable part of growing up. We do not become adults without it. But in the modern world, this stage often corrodes religious belief. Modern Western ways of thinking are very much shaped by the identification of truth with factuality. And generally accepted modern knowledge calls into question the factuality of much of the Bible and of religions more generally.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Ein Zimmer ohne Bücher ist wie ein Körper ohne Seele.

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

Some people will say that memory fades away as the years pass. Of course it does if you don't exercise it or aren't very bright to begin with. -- How to grow old: ancient wisdom for the second half of life.

If you have a library in your garden, everything will be complete.

Ein Raum ohne Bücher ist wie ein Körper ohne Seele.

It is strong proof of men knowing things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such speed as to show that they are not then taking them in for the first time, but are remembering and recalling them.

The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.

Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum.

Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit. (If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.)

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Utinam tam facile vera invenire possim quam falsa convincere.

Loquor enim de docto homine et erudito, cui vivere est cogitare

Nothing that is devoid of justice can be honorable. It was well said by Plato: "Not only is knowledge, when divorced from justice, to be termed subtlety rather than wisdom; but also the soul prompt to encounter danger, if moved thereto by self-interest, and not by the common good, should have the reputation of audacity rather than of courage.

Ut conclave sine libris ita corpus sine anima

Finally, an orator must have a keen mind capable of remembering a vast array of relevant precedents and examples from history, along with a thorough knowledge of the law and civil statutes.