Quotes About Knowledge

All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings.

School teachers, taking them by and large, are probably the most ignorant and stupid class of men in the whole group of mental workers.

Men of broader intellect know that there is no sharp distinction betwixt the real and the unreal

A man can condemn his enemies, but it's wiser to know them.

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, wants to re-establish them. Ignorance irritates him and knowledge cloys.

Men are probably nearer the essential truth in their superstitions than in their science.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Man needs to know but little more than a lobster in order to catch him in his traps.

Why should I clutter my mind with general information when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I need?

You take all the experience and judgment of men over 50 out of the world and there wouldn't be enough left to run it.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

A man is a great bundle of tools. He is born into this life without the knowledge of how to use them. Education is the process of learning their use.

T]he only place on earth where immortality is provided is in libraries. This is the collective memory of humanity.

Knowledge—Zzzzzp! Money—Zzzzzp!—Power! That's the cycle democracy is built on!

We pass through elementary school, high school, and maybe college, and in one sense every diploma is an award for developing a more sophisticated ignorance. Education reinforces the habit of seeing the world through a certain lens. We

Every diploma is an award for developing a more sophisticated ignorance.

Man is by nature a curious animal. You can hide the truth from him temporarily, but not for ever.

Never give up on learning because what you put up there in your brain," he indicated my head with his index finger, "the Communists won't ever be able to take away from you.

The cane leaves a mark on your flesh for a few hours, a day or two. The good answers to the questions leave a mark on your brain for many years, sometimes even for life," my father said.

Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.

Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.

He is wise who tries everything before arms.

In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before.