Quotes About Knowledge

Freedom is the first step to curiosity and knowledge.

Twenty-two acknowledged concubines, and a library of sixty-two thousand volumes, attested the variety of his inclinations; and from the productions which he left behind him, it appears that the former as well as the latter were designed for use rather than for ostentation.

The libraries, which they have inherited from their fathers, are secluded, like dreary sepulchres, from the light of day.

I was a student of the civil law; but my soul was inflamed with the love of letters;

Freedom is the first step to curiosity and knowledge. -V6

Let us read with method, and to propose to ourselves an to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.

I should like a parsley sandwich. To the best of my knowledge they are not in season.

If we can widen the range of experiences beyond what we as individuals have encountered, if we can draw upon the experiences of others who've had to confront comparable situations in the past, then - although there are no guarantees - our chances of acting wisely should increase proportionately.

Good historians...have the future in their bones

To enable man to understand the society of the past and to increase his mastery over the society of the present is the dual function of history.

There once was a student named Bessor, Whose knowledge grew lesser and lesser. It at last grew so small He knew nothing at all, And today he's a college professor!

But my mother wanted her children to be educated by nuns and priests all dressed in black, the way it had been done down through the generations with her people. Taught by people who had a firm grasp of how big and awful the world could be.

And to learn, he must be curious and also humble. For a proud man never learns anything.

I don't want you to marry an ignorant man; and believe me, a happy marriage is a sharing of minds as well as of other things.

If you've never studied German before or think you know nothing about it, you might be in for a little surprise. You already know many German words .And you have the advantage of being an English speaker,which means that your knowledge of that language will be a helpful tool for learning German efficiently and comfortably.

When you erode the fear of death with the knowledge that you already died [in Christ], you will find yourself moving toward a simple, bold obedience.

Faith is not the presence of warm religious feeling. It's the knowledge that you walk before the God who hears.

Our liberation comes through a person, not a system of ideas and principles. Everything we need for life and godliness ultimately comes through our knowledge of Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:3).

Action follows our knowledge of God and trust in him. It is as if God has said to us, "Now that you have seen who I am, you will want to love me in return. This is how you can love me." And then God teaches us how to love him.

Humility means that you acknowledge you don't know everything, and you might be especially confused when it comes to God.

No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play.

A man has to have experience and he has to pay for it.

we have to keep him in a state of enlightened deception.

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection.