Quotes About Knowledge

There is, as we know, a philosophy which denies the infinite. There is also a philosophy, pathologically classified, which denies the sun; this philosophy is called blindness.

Disminuir el número de los tenebrosos, aumentar el de los luminosos; tal es el grande objeto. Por esto gritamos: ¡Enseñanza! ¡Ciencia! Aprender a leer es encender el fuego; toda sílaba deletreada brilla. Pero el que dice luz, no dice necesariamente goces. También se padece en la luz, porque el exceso quema. La llama es enemiga de las alas. Arder sin cesar de volar es el prodigio del genio.

A priest and a philosopher are two different things

Se ignora lo que se debe saber, y se sabe lo que se debería ignorar.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

As long as ignorance and misery exist in the world, books like the one you are about to read are, perhaps, not entirely useless

A los ignorantes enseñadles lo más que podáis; la sociedad es culpable por no dar instrucción gratis; es responsable de la oscuridad que con esto produce. Si un alma sumida en las tinieblas comete un pecado, el culpable no es en realidad el que peca, sino el que no disipa las tinieblas

But the work of the wise is one thing and the work of the merely clever is another.

The real human division is this: the luminous and the shady. To diminish the number of the shady, to augment the number of the luminous,—that is the object. That is why we cry: Education! science! To teach reading, means to light the fire; every syllable spelled out sparkles.

Assim como só nas entranhas da Terra se acham os diamantes, assim somente nas entranhas do pensamento se encontram as verdades.

Though poor, he had succeeded in gathering together, through patience, self-denial, and time, a valuable collection of rare volumes of every genre. He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.

We all lead double lives. It's a privilege for the artist and a curse for the ordinary man. One has to get used to it. It's a terrible thing to know too much. In life, our words are improvisations and our actions careless mistakes that end up by becoming habits. Fate beign the distraction of the gods, I distract myself by evading questions that I never asked myself in the past. We are in the hands of the improbable, are we not, my dear Cosette? - Monsieur Verjat-

Facts are sometimes like a hailstorm. They bombard you; they deafen you.

Kitapl?k kurmak, tap?nak yapmak kadar kutsald?r.

A los ignorantes, enséñenles la mayor cantidad de cosas posible. La sociedad es culpable por no darles instrucción gratuita; ella debe responder por la oscuridad que con ello produce. Si un alma sumida en sombras comete un pecado, no tiene la culpa el que peca, sino el que ha causado la oscuridad.

Qui que vousw soyez qui voulez cultiver, vivifier, édifier, attendrir, apaiser... mettez des livres partout. [Ouverture du congrès littéraire international de 1878)]

Así como los diamantes sólo se encuentran en las profundidades de la tierra, las verdades sólo se hallan en las profundidades del pensamiento.

Lire, c'est voyager; Voyager, c'est lire.

La liberté commence là où l'ignorance finit.

Em meio a sua formidável felicidade, era lamentável, como todo ignorante que triunfa.

so long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, there should be a need for books such as this.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripes.

Il avait appris l'histoire exprès pour s'indigner en connaissance de cause.

Bien lire l'univers, c'est bien lire la vie.