Quotes About Knowledge

Kühner, als das Unbekannte zu erforschen, kann es sein, das Bekannte zu bezweifeln.

It is far more difficult to observe correctly than most men imagine; to behold is not necessarily to observe, and the power of comparing and combining is only to be obtained by education. It is much to be regretted that habits of exact observation are not cultivated in our schools; to this deficiency may be traced much of the fallacious reasoning, the false philosophy which prevails.

Çünkü ak?l maddeyi güzelle?tirir bilgi akl? parlat?r.

El zekan?n bir aletidir yaln?zca. Zeka olmazsa hiçbir ?ey yap?lm?? olmaz.

The supreme good—to examine everything—a life which was not devoted to such research would not be worth living. Happiness would thus consist in their never-ending quest. PLATO

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.

One's work may be finished someday, but one's education never.

Din pasiunea gratuita a cunoasterii, din obsesia adevarului, cei pe care ii pretuim ca oameni inteligenti se descurca de obicei mai prost in viata decat prostii si ajung uneori sa-si neglijeze interesele si chiar sa lucreze impotriva lor, pastrand, totusi, cum spuneam la inceput, loc destul pentru prostia propriu-zisa. Deci inteligenta nu e in fond decat o prostie heteronoma.

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.

We are all stupid. The smartest person is just a little less stupid than the rest of us.

Whatever is decoded dies

We accept without question that children have to memorize the state capitals even though they could look up that information whenever they need it. Like any other tool for facilitating the completion of a questionable task, rewards offer a "how" answer to what is really a "why" question.

In the absence of homework, "students come in all the time and hand me articles about something we talked about in class or tell me about a news report they saw. When intrigued by a good lesson and given freedom [from homework], they naturally seek out more knowledge.

I stood on a tower in the wet, And New Year and Old Year met, And winds were roaring and blowing: And I said, "O years, that meet in tears, Have ye aught that is worth the knowing? Science enough and exploring, Wanderers coming and going, Matter enough for deploring, But aught that is worth the knowing?"

Man know much more than he understands.

Man knows more than he understands.

Our whole way of living inhibits that necessary intimate contact with our fellow men, which is essential for the development of the science and art of knowing human nature. Since we do not find sufficient contact with our fellow men, we become their enemies. Our behavior towards them is often mistaken, and our judgments frequently false, simply because we do not adequately understand human nature.

?tiin?ele sunt un bun de pre? dragii mei, dar livezile, copacii ??tia, ne-nva?? sus ?i tare cea mai frumoas? dintre toate ?tiin?ele: uitarea a ceea ce ?tim.

No amount of learning goes to waste. It adds to building your skill set and intellect.

I buy a lot of books I never read. But that's not really a waste, since all it takes is one idea from even one book to radically reshape the way a person leads, thinks and lives.

There was nothing I could - and wanted to - learn in school. It was just a complete waste of my time.

If people are persuaded of the need for education and the need to invest in education, they're also persuaded of the need not to waste that investment by having low-quality education but to have high-quality education.

From my first year on the faculty, there was always so much more I wanted to impart to the students. I decided that, rather than waste the last day of class summarizing the semester, I'd spend my time talking about what I'd learned in life that was useful.