Quotes About Knowledge

For it is far better to know something about everything than to know all about one thing. This universality is the best. If we can have both, still better; but if we must choose, we ought to choose the former. And the world feels this and does so; for the world is often a good judge.

God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the scholars.

Let them at least learn what is the religion they attack, before attacking it. If this religion boasted of having a clear view of God, and of possessing it open and unveiled, it would be attacking it to say that we see nothing in the world which shows it with this clearness. But since, on the contrary, it says that men are

23] Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.

not in order to become wiser, but only in order to prove that they know them; and these are the most senseless of the band

Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it.

This religion taught its children what men had managed to know only at their most enlightened.

One must know when it is right to doubt, to affirm, to submit. Anyone who does otherwise does not understand the force of reason. Some men run counter to these three principles, either affirming that everything can be proved, because they know nothing about proof, or doubting everything, because they do not know when to submit, or always submitting, because they do not know when judgment is called for.

Let us then take our compass; we are something, and we are not everything. The nature of our existence hides from us the knowledge of first beginnings which are born of the Nothing; and the littleness of our being conceals from us the sight of the Infinite. Our intellect holds the same position in the world of thought as our body occupies in the expanse of nature.

77] Pride. Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it; in other words, we would never travel by sea if it meant never talking about it, and for the sheer pleasure of seeing things we could never hope to describe to others.

Man must not be allowed to believe that he is equal either to animals or to angels, nor to be unaware of either, but he must know both.

Voilà notre état véritable. C'est ce qui resserre nos connaissances en de certaines bornes que nous ne pas sons pas, incapables de savoir tout, et d'ignorer tout absolument.

One must know oneself. Even if that does not help in finding truth, at least it helps in running one's life, and nothing is more proper.

is in vain, O men, that you seek within yourselves the remedy for your ills. All your light can only reach the knowledge that not in yourselves will you find truth or good.

La verdad está tan obnubilada en este tiempo y la mentira tan sentada que, a menos de amar la verdad, ya no es posible conocerla.

To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher

What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge, but its quality. You can know many things without knowing that which is most important. There are two types of ignorance, the pure, natural ignorance into which all people are born, and the ignorance of the so-called wise. You will see that many among those who call themselves scholars do not know real life, and they despise simple people and simple things.

Earthly things must be known to be loved; heavenly things must be loved to be known.

It is better to know something about everything than to know everything about something.

?tiinÈ›a lucrurilor exterioare nu m? poate consola de necunoaÈ™terea moralei în vremuri de am?r?ciune; dar È™tiinÈ›a moravurilor m? va consola întotdeauna de ignorarea È™tiinÈ›elor exterioare.

It is only by examining a book that we can ascertain what words it contains.

Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

I learned about the yucca plant, and how the Indians made rope and sandals and mats and baskets, even soap from it, and how they boiled its buds and flowers and fruits to eat. I learned about manzanita and piñon nuts and mesquite beans, and how to crush dried acorns in a mortar, then bake them in unleavened cakes. I had even tasted the stuff and wished I hadn't.

i've forgotten more than you'll ever know