Quotes About Knowledge

All fear comes from trying to see the future, Biff. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid.

That was supposed to be the whole purpose of the Internet, you know. To share scientific information. Not a Viagra- and porn-delivery system?

there's a shitload of insufferable know-it-all hipsters who will work for next to nothing for the privilege of condescending to customers about their musical knowledge.

there comes a point where you'll find something out, where you'll see something, or where something will suddenly come together, and you'll realize that you know something that no one else in the world knows yet. Just you. No one else. You realize that all the value you have is in that one thing, and you're only going to have it for a short time until you tell someone else, but for that time you are more alive than you'll ever be.

For what is curiosity if not intellectual temptation? And what progress is there without curiosity?)

but no one is more heavily burdened than a guy who thinks he knows a thing.

All fear comes from trying to see the future, Biff. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid.

Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted with an erroneous belief.' Eragon said. Why, little one, you just said something wise!'Saphira teased.

When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side

I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

There is much you can learn from books and scrolls. These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

A hatchling, that is what you are. A hatchling struggling into the world. I may be younger than you in years, but I am ancient in my thoughts. Do not worry about these things. Find peace in where and what you are. People often know what must be done. All you need to do is show them the way — that is wisdom.

Change itself is neither good nor bad, but knowledge is always useful.

Why?' - Nasuada 'You know why' - Murtagh

Always it is thus with my new students, and especially with the human ones; the mind is the last muscle they train or use, and the one that they regard the least. Ask them about swordplay and they can list every blow from a duel a month old, but ask them to solve a problem or make a coherent statement and... well, I would be lucky to get more than a blank stare in return.

Christopher Paolini

Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile. A what? asked Eragon. One who loves books, explained Jeod.

These books are my friends, my companions.

The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough.

I have questions, he said. - Then you have more wisdom than most.

Was a broad but shallow education superior to one that was narrow but deep?

Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf

Saber no tiene nada que ver con ser.

Strive for wisdom! Or at least a decrease in idiocy.