Quotes About Knowledge

I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I'll be OK. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me. So I have a special place for every library, in my heart of hearts.

Youthful cynicism is sad to observe, because it indicates not so much knowledge learned from bitter experiences as insufficient trust even to attempt the future.

For years, I had known that there is nothing idle about curiosity, despite the fact that the two words are often used in tandem. Curiosity fidgets, is hard to satisfy, looks for answers even before forming questions.

It was a little light, but she aimed it directly at the gloom of ignorance.

Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware.

I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

Miss Kirwin proved Bailey right. He had told me once that all knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.

She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors.

Miss Kirwin was that rare educator who was in love with information. I will always believe that her love of teaching came not so much from her liking for students but from her desire to make sure that some of the things she knew would find repositories so that they could be shared again. She

With time and a kindly librarian, any unskilled person can learn how to build a replica of the Taj Mahal.

A person must make the effort to learn, and growing is the inevitable reward of learning.

I've learned, I still have a lot to learn

Adults had lost the wisdom from the surface of their faces. I reasoned that I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.

Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being unaware. And the worst part of my awareness was that I didn't know what I was aware of.

When you learn, teach

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

The knowledge that we had the power to upset that goddess made us look at each other conspiratorially and smile. It also made her human.

WHEN YOU LEARN, TEACH; WHEN YOU GET, GIVE

Bailey] had told me once that all knowledge was spendable currency, depending on the market.

Me había transmitido su palabra secreta con la que convocar un genio que había de servirme toda la vida: libros

Knowing Momma, I knew that I never knew Momma.

They never hesitated to hold up their hands in response to a teacher's question; even when they were wrong they were wrong aggressively, while I had to be certain about all my facts before I dared to call attention to myself.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

Dijo que siempre debía ser intolerante con la ignorancia, pero comprensiva con la incultura, y que ciertas personas, que no podían ir a la escuela, eran más instruidas e incluso más inteligentes que los profesores de universidad.