Quotes About Knowledge

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.

Truths are more likely to be discovered by one man than by a nation

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

To dare to be aware of the facts of the universe in which we are existing calls for courage.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

Genius is knowing to stay silent as others demonstrate their ignorance.

Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.

Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.

To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.

Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read.

Tact is the art of convincing people that they know more than you do.

Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.

It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book.

There is no sin except stupidity.

It is better to know how to learn than to know.

Who knows the flower best? - the one who reads about it in a book, or the one who finds it wild on the mountainside?

If we were born knowing everything, what would we do with all this time on this earth?

Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share.

Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book.

A book can change the world... Every book a child reads creates new neurons in that child's brain.

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

For me, there are two types of people: the young and the experienced.