Quotes About Knowledge

In an age of universal education, nobody knows where anything comes from. The

In order to know the truth it is necessary to desire the truth, especially the truth that you do not know.

If truth is relative, to what is it relative?

I urge not that we assume that love will provide a reliable foundation for knowledge but that we nonetheless keep the requirements of love of neighbor foremost in our interpretations of Scripture. We should consider, for example, love to be a necessary criterion (a minimum) when defending an interpretation of Scripture even if it cannot be a sufficient criterion that will guarantee ethical interpretation.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

Because so large a portion of our fellow human beings articulate their own meaning, purpose, and values through their religions, it is essential that our children know as much as possible about those religions.

The main goal of education should always be to learn how to learn, to become an independent thinker.

I have a secret. And everyone knows it but me.

Drift House: Susan's response to Queen Octavia's sarcasm in regards to fading memories..."But we pass our memories on," she insisted. "I mean, from one generation to the next. Parents teach their children. They write things down, tell them stories--

Facts are the enemy of truth.

We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long as you doubt.

making final judgments on people because we lack the knowledge and the wisdom to do so. We would even apply the wrong standards. The world's way is to judge competitively between winners and losers. The Lord's way of final judgment will be to apply His perfect knowledge of the law a person has received and to judge on the basis of that person's circumstances, motives, and actions throughout his or her entire life (Luke 12:47–48; John 15:22; 2 Nephi 9:25).

Death is sleep without knowledge of the pleasure of life.

Now the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of things people don't understand. Take the Einstein theory. Take taxes. Take love. Do you understand them? Neither do I. But they exist. They happen.

Ignorance breeds superstition.

Without books, I would have gone insane long ago.

Now I hoard knowledge out of fear. I figure the more I know, the more I'll be able to control a situation and keep from getting hurt again.

Who would have thought you could see the future by reading a book about the past?

I equate true spiritual insight with wisdom, which is different from knowledge. Knowledge can be obtained through many sources: books, stories, songs, legends, myths, and, in modern times, computers and television programs. On the other hand, there's only one real source of wisdom—pain. Any experience that provides a person with wisdom will also usually provide them with a scar. The greater the pain, the greater the realization. Faith is spiritual rigor mortis.

Teachings not validated by personal experience are of little value.

It's not hard to grow when you know that you just don't know.

We are here for knowledge. Our enemy is thoughtlessness. This is philosophy.

A person who asks questions can get a reputation such as a person who wishes to find things out.