Quotes About Knowledge

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

I don't have any desire to learn. I feel it's like a voodoo, that it would spoil things if I actually learnt how things are done.

The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.

The mentor-mentee relationship is ideally like that of the guru and disciple: motivated by the desire of the guru to impart knowledge to the disciple.

Unobstructed access to facts can produce unlimited good only if it is matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they lead.

..the writer's obsession - the desire to know and communicate, or, rather, to know everything so as to communicate with the greatest degree of precision.

Thinking is the desire to gain reality by means of ideas.

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.

When the human being says:'It is not true...'He may mean:'I don't know about it, so I think it is untrue.'Or:'I don't like it.

If you desire ease, forsake learning.

To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.

If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

May Knowledge reshape your lives so that your greater destiny may come into view

The boy told himself that, on the way toward realizing his own destiny, he had learned all he needed to know, and had experienced everything he might have dreamed of.

William Shakespeare

Destiny smells of dust and the libraries of the night.

Destiny smells of dust and the libraries of night.

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

Acquire knowledge, and learn tranquility and dignity.