Quotes About Knowledge

A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”

So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.

And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.

All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.

What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?