Quotes About Knowledge

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.

In verità io sono uno studente invecchiato che ambisce alla conoscenza e alla solitudine, e conduco vita esemplare e sedentaria in un'atmosfera libresca e claustrale

Although it is generally known, I think it's about time to announce that I was born at a very early age.

Who says Television isn't educational, as soon as the T.V. comes on I read a book.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

Knowledge of Nature is an account at bank, where each dividend is added to the principal and the interest is ever compounded; and hence it is that human progress, founded on natural knowledge, advances with ever increasing speed.

I know that I am honest and sincere in my desire to do well; but the question is whether I know enough to accomplish what I desire.

What I call stupidity is not only lack of knowledge, although much of humanity could be elevated from poverty, dogma, illusions and war through traditional education. A thriving education system is the foundation for progress. But stupidity is not merely ignorance; it can also be a way of acting. If you act contrary to your own goals in life – you're stupid.

Tobacco is the enemy, disguised as a friend, and if you are to win the war you must get to know your enemy.

Imagine a time before you had ever had chocolate. Going to lectures about chocolate would have been interesting. Reading about chocolate might have increased your appetite. But only tasting chocolate would have really made you understand how good chocolate can be. Only tasting— only experience.

While having information is a crucial first step, more information isn´t necessarily better. Take a look at your bookshelves and the list of seminars you have attended. If you have read more than one book about a subject or attended more than one seminar but still haven't reached your goals, then your problem is not lack of information but rather lack of implementation.

Yoga teachers must be willing to step down from this imagined pedestal and utter the words "I don't know" on a regular basis.

Por entonces era todavía joven; conocía poco los hombres y la historia: me había tomado en serio lo que me enseñaban en la Universidad.

You see before you a man in his right mind Worldly-wise and with access to death Having tested the sorrow of love and its ecstasies Having sometimes even astonished the professors Good with languages Having travelled a great deal Having seen battle in the Artillery and the Infantry Wounded in the head trepanned under chloroform Having lost my best friends in the butchery As much of antiquity and modernity as can be known I know

I have drunk you and my thirst survives But now I know the flavor of the cosmos

I would prefer day and night in the sphinxeries Wanting to know and thus, at last, be devoured there.

Les vérités qu'on aime le moins à apprendre sont celles que l'on a le plus d'intérêt à savoir.

The other mitigating circumstance was my thinking that I knew all there was to know about love because I'd read novels when, in fact, the only thing that truly teaches us about life is a punch in the face.

place an emphasis on preparation and player recuperation; maintain discipline in the dressing room while being respectful of all opponents and possess a sound knowledge of the Spanish league. Furthermore, the next manager of FC Barcelona would have to have a feel and understanding for the club, its values, significance and history.

Asegurabas que los dirigentes indígenas podían gobernar con más eficiencia el país. Habían heredado sabiduría milenaria y dominaban los secretos más recónditos de la tierra donde habían crecido.

Libraries don't keep secrets; they reveal them.

We don't discover, we don't learn. We just remember things that we have forgotten…

Everything in our universe is ciphered and to know the cipher is to know the thing—and to know the thing is to command it.

You simplify because you cannot believe. You reduce; you diminish. Because you were raised to doubt and debunk. To reduce to a small set of knowns for easy digestion. Because you are a doctor, a man of science, and because this is America—where everything is known and understood, and God is a benevolent dictator, and the future must always be bright.