Quotes About Knowledge

Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.

The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts.

What is simple is false and what is not is useless.

If you don't know how, why pretend?

A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other.

I've never been - I don't think I'm, like, a great A&R, by any means. I don't even know production lingo, in all honesty.

human honesty has its varieties; so does human ignorance.

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.

The people who enlighten us are the ones who tell us their secrets.

Too many of our countrymen rejoice in stupidity, look upon ignorance as a badge of honor. They condemn everything they don't understand.

Everyone honors the wise.

I grow daily to honor facts more and more, and theory less and less.

Many new years you may see, but happy ones you cannot see without deserving them. These virtue, honor, and knowledge alone can merit, alone can produce.

I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met.

[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures.

Without education, there is no hope for our people and without hope, our future is lost

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.

Inside the Bible's pages lie the answers to all the problems that mankind has ever known. I hope Americans will read and study the Bible.

Part of our job as human beings is to share our knowledge and share the things we've learned. So we can either save people from making the same mistakes, or give them hope.

It is reasonable to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.

You collect as much information as you can and then you put it into the mulberry of your mind and hope that you come up with a decent wine. Sometimes you do; sometimes you don't.

When you go onto the internet, if you really rummage around randomly then how do you hope to find something of any of value?

Unless you understand the history of a situation, you can't ever hope to solve problems.

What can I know? What ought I to do? What may I hope?