Quotes About Knowledge

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.

The bigots are winning," he said gloomily. "Both kinds of bigots…" The ambassador finished his sentence for him: "And the only losers are the learned." They all shook their heads.

The books are real friends. Add them to the list of your best friends. They can be with us all time (happiness, sorrows, healthy, unhealthy, poor, wealthy, well salaried, jobless etc.. ). So keep them first name on your list. Even though I use them while in hospital beds only, they inspiring me.. inspiring only.

Les livres sont ce que nous avons de meilleur en cette vie, ils sont notre immortalité.

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. ... the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.

Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture.

Intanto, allontanandosi da Napoli, guardandola un'ultima volta dal finestrino del treno, fece questa riflessione: "Se non venivo qui a fare il soldato, chissà il mare quando l'avrei conosciuto". E fu, senza ch'egli se lo dicesse, un modo di consolarsi e di pensare che dopotutto, anche dall'esperienza più negativa e più vieta, qualcosa si riesce sempre a salvare.

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

There is nothing hidden between Heaven and Earth.

knowledge that men deliberately refused to perceive the obvious even when such perception was to their own advantage. Still optimistic in spite of the War, I had believed that statesmen needed only to realise the mistakes of the past in order to avoid them, only

I wonder if the explanation is even more complex than we imagine at present.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

A long time ago people believed that the world is flat and the moon is made of green cheese. Some still do, to this day. The man on the moon is looking down and laughing.

when ever you read a good book somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light

Keep an open mind. Only an open mind is big enough to contain the secrets of the universe.

Hay que tener cuidado con la soberbia, porque es más dañosa para el entendimiento que la ignorancia.

God's authority is original and absolute, while all human authority is derivative and limited. God's judgments are always perfectly holy and righteous, while human judgments are tainted by sin. God's judgments are based on perfect, exhaustive knowledge of the facts of the case, while human judgments must be based on partial, imperfect knowledge

Some of the thinking about religion makes a mistake right here. If, in our thinking, God or religion becomes like an apple, we are in charge and we do our own investigating in whatever way we please. On the other hand, if God is a person, and in fact a person infinitely greater than we, it is up to him how he chooses to meet us. Until we get to know him, we cannot say whether he makes himself known in all religions equally, or in none of them, or in one particular way that fits his character.

A person without a rich and complex past is like an infant, who has no ability to interpret any text.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith. Fear is. Fear will not risk that even if I am wrong, I will trust that if I move today by the light that is given to me, knowing it is only finite and partial, I will know more and different things tomorrow than I know today, and I can be open to the new possibility I cannot even imagine today.

Those who can read, and don't, are only marginally better off than those who can't.

Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.

The young sometimes find it uncomfortable to accept that wrinkly and slightly wobbly old folk may be just as bright as they are and this is perhaps because they realise that when intelligence is added to wisdom gained through experience, the sum of the two is considerably more potent than the one alone.

These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.