Quotes About Knowledge

By false learning is good sense defaced

Those half-learn'd witlings, num'rous in our isle As half-form'd insects on the banks of Nile

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow; Our wiser sons, no doubt, will think us so.

Algunas personas nunca aprenden nada, porque todo lo comprenden demasiado pronto.

While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanced, behold, with strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise!

Tak ucz ludzi, jak by? nie uczy? ich wcale. Lecz przypomina? rzeczy znane im doskonale.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

A Lumberhouse of books in ev'ry head, For ever reading, never to be read.

A little Learning is a dangerous Thing.

A little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.

He filled a shelf with a small army of books and read and read; but none of it made sense. .. They were all subject to various cramping limitations: those of the past were outdated, and those of the present were obsessed with the past.

I am completely convinced that there is a wealth of information built into us, with miles of intuitive knowledge tucked away in the genetic material of every one of our cells. Something akin to a library containing uncountable reference volumes, but without any obvious route of entry. And, without some means of access, there is no way to even begin to guess at the extent and quality of what is there. The psychedelic drugs allow exploration of this interior world, and insights into its nature.

If a man is worth knowing at all, he is worth knowing well.

I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

Knowledge without love inflates the ego and deceives the mind.

I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.

Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben. (The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world)

The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those have not viewed the world.

I saw with regret, (and all scientific men have shared this feeling) that whilst the number of accurate instruments was daily increasing, we were still ignorant