Quotes About Knowledge

no such affluence of wisdom and knowledge, and truth and holiness, could flow from any other source than Deity

Nature already has supplied me with knowledge and instinct far greater than any beast in the forest and the value of experience is overrated, usually by old men who nod wisely and speak stupidly.

We should not for a moment consider even our best-established knowledge of existence as true. It is awareness only of the colors that our own vision paints on the film of one bubble in one strand of foam on the ocean of being.

So great was the mass of information forced upon the student, that he had no time to think of the mutual implications of the various branches of his knowledge.

Experience teaches us in a millennium what passion teaches us in an hour.

I have discovered that of all cursed places under the sun, where the hungriest soul can hardly pick up a few grains of knowledge, a girls' boarding-school is the worst. They are called finishing schools, and the name tells accurately what they are. They finish everything but imbecility and weakness, and that they cultivate.

A scientist doesn't know all the answers. Nobody does, not even teachers. But a scientist keeps on trying to find the answers.

freedom is the knowledge of necessity and there is no wealth but life. When you understand that you understand everything.

Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.

If you're going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it.

When you know better...You do better.

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and there discovered was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

What I know for sure is that reading opens you up. It exposes you and gives you access to anything your mind can hold. What I love most about reading: It gives you the ability to reach higher ground. And keep climbing.

and I believe that education is the door to freedom

When you know better, you do better." —Maya Angelou

When you know something, really know something, it tends to stand the test of time.

Quando não tem nada do que se envergonhar, quando sabe quem é e quais são as suas crenças, você alcança a sabedoria.

I consider reading a book a sacred indulgence.

every experience is a valuable teacher.

You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities

The real truths of life are never entirely new to you because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear and then recognize them.

books were my pass to personal freedom

It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to love our own kind. Instead we admire those who show our country disrespect and betray its people.

We live but for a short time, we see but very little, and we know almost nothing; so, at least, let's do some dreaming. Have yourself a very good Sunday, my dear readers.