Quotes About Knowledge

Without memory, time would be no use to mankind,

The truth is closer than thought and lies buried in what we already know.

But knowledge felt useless to him in that moment, like a key without anything to open.

was the heroic creation of a legion of interested and enthusiastic men and women of wide general knowledge and interest; and it lives on today, just as lives the language of which it rightly claims to be a portrait.

Who knew Lenny was an encyclopedia for useless information?

when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.

The tale is, in large part, our capital. I was nourished on tales...when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors who when their turn comes, will manufacture professors.

Knowing God is your single greatest privilege as a Christian.

There comes a time when we need to realize that we don't know what we do not know, we only know what we know and that's all we know.

You might not know the type of a tree you are dealing with, but once its fruit appears, you can't be ignorant anymore.

Find wisdom, go deep in the Bible.

Seek wisdom wherever you are, seek wisdom even in your dreams.

The hunger and thirst for knowledge ensures lifelong success.

The foolish say you are a fool when you seek help, but the wiser say you are wise.

The only way to gain wisdom, is through loving books.

To be content with success, you have to be hungry for books.

We are not born with wisdom, but we acquire it by reading books.

Your ignorance, cramps my conversation.

The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers.

The mathematics is not there till we put it there.