Quotes About Knowledge

Of the three sorts of knowledge proper to a child, the knowledge of God, of man, and of the universe,--the knowledge of God ranks first in importance, is indispensable, and most happy-making.

Each man believes only his experience.

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

The intellect of two thousand asses cannot bring forth a single man's thought.

Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.

If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.

Knowledge is cosmic. It does not evolve or unfold in man. Man unfolds to an awareness of it. He gradually discovers it.

People often say that I'm curious about too many things at once... But can you really forbid a man from harbouring a desire to know and embrace everything that surrounds him?

The saddest thing about any man is that he be ignorant, and the most exciting thing is that he knows.

The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.

Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.

Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.

I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.

Having glimpsed a small part of life, men rise up and disappear as smoke, knowing only what each one has learned.

Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.

The advertising man is a liaison between the products of business and the mind of the nation. He must know both before he can serve either.

The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.

If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.

It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.