Quotes About Knowledge

I lived within the cover of books and those books were more real to me than any other thing in my life.

books became the greatest purveyors of truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Ignorance is death. A closed mind is a catafalque.

It's nothing short of astonishing, all that we learn between the time we are born and the time we die. Of course most of the learning takes place not in a classroom or a library, but in the laboratory of our own lives.

I am never afraid of what I know

Sadece bilgisizlik mi! Sadece bilgisizlikten, ha! Nas?l sadece bilgisizlikten diyebilirsin? Kötü kalplilikten sonra dünyadaki en kötü ÅŸey bilgisizlik, haberin yok mu? En çok hangisinin zararl? olduÄŸunu ancak Tanr? bilir. Ä°nsanlar ' Ah! bilmiyordum, kötü bir niyetim yoktu' deyince her ÅŸeyin yoluna giriverdiÄŸini san?yorlar.

we should see what was there, and know what was what, and be much less frightened than by only seeing bits of things that we can't understand.

People have always had different opinions. Now they have different facts.

All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.

O Reader! If there were less of this delicate concealment of facts- this whispering ''Peace, Peace, when there is no peace- there would be less of sin and misery to the young of both sexes who are left to wring their bitter knowledge from experience.

ALL true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.

Reading is my favorite occupation. When I have leisure for it and books to read.

No; you would have her to be tenderly and delicately nurtured, like a hot-house plant – taught to cling to others for direction and support, and guarded, as much as possible, from the very knowledge of evil. But will you be so good as to inform me, why you make this distinction? Is it that you think she has no virtue?

I should prepare and smooth the path of learning till she could glide along it without the least exertion to herself: which I could not, for nothing can be taught to any purpose without some little exertion on the part of the learner.

I think you know everything at eight. But is is hidden from you, sealed up, in a way you have to cut yourself open to find.

A dark imagination is, perhaps, more appealing before you know anything about darkness.

wasn't education a matter of infusing one's life with flavorful essences, pressing out the impurities, and leaving only a little sludge at the bottom?

Later on, when you're older, you won't be able to enjoy anything any more. You'll say, "Oh, I read that twenty years ago in some book." You'd better hurry if you want to catch a husband or fall in love, since everything is bound to be a disappointment to you. You already know all there is to know in theory. But in practice? That's another story!

Normal insanlar bilemezler kilit alt?nda yaÅŸayan için kitaplar?n ne anlama geldiÄŸini.

Father emptied a card file for Margot and me and filled it with index cards that are blank on one side. This is to become our reading file, in which Margot and I are supposed to note down the books we've read, the author and the date.

I finally realized that I must do my schoolwork to keep from being ignorant, to get on in life, to become a journalist, because that's what I want! I know I can write.

She's also the one who brings five library books with her every Saturday. We long for Saturdays because that means books. We're like a bunch of little kids with a present. Ordinary people don't know how much books can mean to someone who's cooped up. Our only diversions are reading, studying and listening to the radio.

Usually, when I want to know something, I find it in some book or other, don't you?

Are you willing to see what you are seeing, and to know what you know?