Quotes About Knowledge

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

What does it mean to believe rather than to know? To surrender to something that's not fact but faith?

I just want to learn as much as I can, and that comes from the people I surround myself with. So whether that is on a one-million-dollar movie, or 100-million-dollar movie, it doesn't really matter.

I'm kind of fascinated by this idea that we can surround ourselves with information: we can just pile up data after data after data and arm ourselves with facts and yet still not be able to answer the questions that we have.

If a man can be corrupted by a few books, I doubt if there was anything there to begin with.

Danny knew far more about science than was taught in his grade in school, and could do long division in his head and use a slide rule as easily as he could throw a baseball

I'm always learning something. Learning never ends.

Write what you know, and what do you know better than your own secrets?

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science and the second is art.

The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with detachment. ( A Qualified Farewell )

A classical education saves you from being fooled by pretentiousness, which is what most current fiction is too full of.

You know who they are?" Tony said softly. "I could maybe give nine guesses. And twelve of them would be right." (I'll be waiting)

The pursuit of knowledge, brother, is the askin' of many questions.

It is something only a few know in their lives. It is a vision of something so clear, so true, it can only be a madness. You see what life is worth, and you know what death means.

Knowing what things are not is often as important as knowing what they are.

Remember this: of all the commodities men trade in, information is the most valuable by far.

Most of us move through life with little chance to learn much about ourselves. We know some things we like and some things we dislike, we have a few ideas about what makes us happy, and we die in ignorance regarding anything profound within ourselves.

Come you near or go you far, light from candle or flick'ring star? See what you will, or so you think, but is water sweet before you drink? Who can know of truth and lies? When can a man believe his eyes? Suspect what's known to mortal senses, for our nature vaults all mystic fences, that stand between that which is and seems, and back we are to truth ... or dreams.

You learn something new every day, if you just stop to pay attention.

The thought struck Dennis that a hundred years before he was even born Tinuva undoubtedly knew of the river. Again he realized just how ancient the elven race was and with it came the recognition of just how much they risked when facing battle: it wasn't just a score of years in the balance, it was a score of decades.

There is no magic, only tricks.

The inheritor to the man tie of Macros.

Znati svoje želje, i spoznati tren njihovog ostvarenja, znaci su velike mudrosti.

I am not your brother. My brother Morvai died the night you were created, eledhel. And you know all that I have been since the day you left, as I know all that you have been.'.