Quotes About Knowledge

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person.

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

Facts are the enemy of truth.

Religious illusion must bow to scientific truth. It is in total error about the nature of the true world. Only science is not an illusion.

Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.

Effective thinking consists of being able to arrive at the truth; truth being defined as that which exists.

To see what isn't true is easy. But to see what is true will take some doing.

A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.

Geometry draws the soul towards truth.

To know the truth of history is to realize its ultimate myth and its inevitable ambiguity.

We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.

The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.

Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who "speak truth to power" but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power.

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.

Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

Half of writing history is hiding the truth.

We best oppose error by promoting a solid knowledge of the word of truth, and the greatest kindness we can do to children, is to make them early to know the Bible.

The seeker of God is the real lover of vidya, unchangeable truth; all else is avidya, relative knowledge.