Quotes About Knowledge

Acknowledging what you don't know is the dawning of wisdom.

Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.

Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.

The average person is allergic to the words of wisdom.

Just the idea that you are religious doesn't help at all. It does not help you; it does not help others. In order to really help others, you need to gain knowledge-wisdom.

It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight.

To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity.

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom.

For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the admirable wisdom of God.

A critical knowledge of the evolution of the idea of property would embody, in some respects, the most remarkable portion of the mental history of mankind.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.

The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.

What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?

Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.

If popular medicine gave the people wisdom as well as knowledge, it would be the best protection for scientific and well-trained physicians.

Cleverness without wisdom: the most destructive force on Earth.

A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does.

Wisdom cannot be directly transmitted, and does not readily accumulate through the ages.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name. When things are properly identified, they fall into natural categories and understanding becomes orderly.