Quotes About Knowledge

There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.

Knowledge and wisdom are really the privilege of a faithful Muslim. If you have lost them, get them back even though you may have to get them from the apostates.

An ignorant person will always overdo a thing or neglect it totally.

Submission to God's Will is the best companion; wisdom is the noblest heritage; theoretical and practical knowledge are the best signs of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem.

Debating an ignorant tires me.

Understanding the knowledge and wisdom of the Qur'an is by far, higher than memorizing.

To whatever extent a person's knowledge increases, his attention will be turned more towards his soul.

Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.

There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.

Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth while the tongue of the wise man is in his heart

Think how quiet a book is on a shelf, he said, just sitting there, unopened. Then think what happens when you open it.

It is important to know the stories and histories of things, even if all we know is that we don't know.

Always be reading something, he said. Even when we're not physically reading. How else will we read the world? Think of it as a constant.

Books. Knowledge. Years of reading. All of which means? I know stuff.

Elisabeth is faintly perturbed. She realizes this is because she likes to imagine her mother knows nothing much about anything.

That's what a public library means: something communal. - Kate Atkinson

the uneducated grow up to be prey!

Know thyself, for in thyself is to be found all that there is to be known," is still the rule for the wise student. If each one of us would scientifically regard ourselves as centres of force, holding the matter of our bodies within our radius of control, and thus working through and in them, we should have a hypothesis whereby the entire cosmic scheme could be interpreted.

Much must remain esoteric and veiled. The risks of too much knowledge are far greater than the menace of too little. With knowledge comes responsibility and power,—two things for which the race is not yet ready. Therefore, all we can do is to study and correlate with what wisdom and discretion may be ours, using the knowledge that may come for the good of those we seek to help, and recognising that in the wise use of knowledge comes increased capacity to receive the hidden wisdom.

Death alone gives meaning to life, and you will never fully live until you know you must die. And make your peace with that knowledge.

Oh yes, I admire books. I still do. They can preserve a truth for twice a thousand years and teach it to any who has the skill and cares to read it. They can also fix a lie in stone forever. But worse still, they—the books—can be about nothing at all. Nothing real.