Quotes About Knowledge

I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.

If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.

I have earned the title of expert, it is only on what was. There is no expert on what will be. And yet, without knowing the future, I remain a man full of hope.

It is the leap from the age of territory to the age of science.

Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.

Books are a great equalizer. You may not have the money to travel the world, but with a library card as your passport your horizons for exploration and self-discovery are unlimited.

We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies.

At eighteen I thought I knew everything, then at thirty, I realized that I knew nothing--and possibly never would, which depressed me until I noticed that no one else knew anything either.

I said, "Some people do know more than others. That contributes to the impression that someone, somewhere,knows the whole thing." [p. 38]

Her eyes were enlarged and faded with discovering what, by common human agreement, is better undivulged.

When a child comes in, I believe that it's a 'multipersonhood ' and it knows it, its consciousness knows it, and it has a nuclei in the center of its consciousness that is the repository of all experience and all knowledge. And when you look in the eyes of your baby and you feel this sense that they are an old soul, I believe indeed they are.

An uneducated thief may steal goods from the train but an educated one may steal the entire train. We need to compete for knowledge and wisdom, not for grades.

The best teachers will not give you something to drink, they will make you thirsty. They will not give you answers but will put you on a path to seek answers.

The tragedy is that there are many walking encyclopedias who are living failures.

Schools are a fountain of knowledge: some students come to drink , some to sip and others just to gargle.

An abundance of commonsense is called wisdom.

One cannot be a good teacher unless he is a good student.

Learning is a lot like eating. It is not how much we eat that matters, but what really matters is how much we digest.

We are drowning in information but starving for knowledge and wisdom. Education ought to teach us not only how to make a living but also how to live.

I love the place; the magnificent books; I require books as I require air.

Truth only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas.

Be humble: "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few.

There is no gap between the ignorant and the wise. A foolish person is a wise person; a wise person is a foolish person.

It is quite usual for us to gather pieces of information from various sources, thinking in this way to increase our knowledge. Actually, following this way we end up not knowing anything at all... Instead of gathering knowledge, you should clear your mind. If your mind is clear, true knowledge is already yours.