Quotes About Knowledge

What I do reject is the idea that science and science alone can claim to give us knowledge.

what was the first lesson that you learned in your life?

All love is based on knowledge, the desire to know, the thrill of being known.

The idea that errors were stepping-stones to truth never once occurred to me

Any book is better than no book. Slowly, surely, one will lead you to another, which will lead you to the best.

I love to read sir. I always have. But when I walk into a library or a bookshop, I get overwhelmed. I don't know where to start. Start anywhere. How do I know what's worth my time and what's a waste? None of it is waste. Any book is better than no book. Slowly, surely, one will lead you to another, which will lead you to the best.

Lies Bücher. So einfach ist das. Ein Buch ist die einzige wirkliche Flucht aus dieser gefallenen Welt. Außer dem Tod.

In my own case, I employed this experiment mainly in order to seek for the barrier, if any, which divides our knowledge of the past from our knowledge of the future. And the odd thing was that there did not seem to be any such barrier at all.

When scientific conversations cease, then dogma rather than knowledge begins to rule the day.

Nobody questions the importance of knowing what happens outside, but such knowledge should be preceded by knowing what happens inside. Generally, benchmarking will not help resolve incorrectly formulated questions or questions that are misdirected. Externalism can harm human capital management as much as self-centeredness can. An appropriate balance between looking outside and knowing the inside seems to be the obvious solution to this crisis.

Even at that age I had stumbled upon one truth, and that is, the best way to get misinformed is to ask a lot of questions.

You need not regret lost years if you have learned great things.

If the people we think we see are but shadows of the world illusion, what matter what we tell them? It becomes not a matter of truth and lies, but a question of whether either matters. The choice of what to do is mine.

Doubt about your wisdom can be the clearest sign of wisdom

how little we know even today about the most fundamental things.

It's funny how much you don't realize about the people you've spent your whole life with, isn't it?

Geary looked at Dr. Nasr, running the physician's words through his mind. "We need to be sure we're asking the right question in order to get the right answer? Is that what you're saying?" "Yes. If you only think you know the question, the answers you come up with will not be adequate or correct.

Como dice el viejo refrán, a veces el peligro no reside en lo que ignoras, sino en lo que crees saber.

Do you want to speak to the man in charge—or the nurse who knows what's going on?

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT HOLDS YOU BACK; IT'S WHAT YOU DO KNOW THAT ISN'T TRUE

volar con la velocidad del pensamiento, para estar en cualquier lugar, debe comenzar por saber que ya está allí. RICHARD BACH

You can never learn less; you can only learn more. The reason I know so much is because I have made so many mistakes.

The truth is the truth. You are better off knowing the truth than not knowing it.

20% of America's millionaires never set foot in college, and 16 of the 492 Americans listed as billionaires in 2014 never got their college diplomas; 2 never even finished high school! So although education and a commitment to lifelong learning are essential to success, a formal degree isn't a requirement.