Quotes About Knowledge

How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!—PROVERBS 16:16

A faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time. —Titus 1:2

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. —2 CORINTHIANS 4:6

My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. —COLOSSIANS 2:2–3

Human beings have a voracious appetite for trying to figure things out in order to gain a sense of mastery over their lives.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. PSALM 19 : 1 – 2

Sevarin had been dismissive about the chance of finding out anything useful from the cops, but when it came to getting information, I had an edge he didn't. Sevarin did not make a killer lasagne.

It is my fervent hope <...> that you would make vidyá, Knowledge, a justification of your blessed existence as man in his civilized condition.

Even today with most women working, even women without AD/HD have issues around money and taking care of their financial affairs. They aren't as knowledgeable about financial matters as they'd like to be and often have control, power, and dependency issues. Combine this with AD/HD and feelings of being overwhelmed, and it creates an even greater tendency to shut down and tune out in this area.

You took out a book on blow-job technique from the British Library? They shouldn't have books like that in there!

The end of Wisdom is freedom. The end of culture is perfection. The end of knowledge is love. The end of education is character.

Human beings can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

It is sometimes necessary to repeat what we all know. All mapmakers should place the Mississippi in the same location, and avoid originality.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Some part of a mistake is always correct.

The magician has to know what the explanation for his magic is.

turn off your television and read a book!

Once its done, it doesn't seem IMPOSSIBLE. One can Acquire anything with Knowledge and learning. One should not dream about success, one should work for it. only secret to success is determination.

We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor.

Gorski really helps us all when he zooms in on what these kinds of readings do to people. "First, it leads to hubris. It seduces its followers into claiming to know things that no human being can possibly know." Such persons consider themselves elect and special and insiders, and such confidence tends toward condescension.

We must develop knowledge optimization initiatives to leverage our key learnings.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?