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Quotes About Knowledge

Those who know are not learned. Those who are learned do not know.
~ Laozi
Faith is not a weak form of belief or knowledge; it is not faith in this or that; faith is the conviction about the not yet proven, the knowledge of the real possibility, the awareness of pregnancy.
~ Erich Fromm
Chiefly the sea-shore has been the point of departure to knowledge, as to commerce. The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts, That all sin is divided into two parts. One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important
~ Ogden Nash
My final destination is my complete knowledge of God.
~ Kedar Joshi
Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.
~ Frank Delaney
The three most important things for a sportscaster are knowledge of the game, a passion for sports and the profession, and the stamina to struggle.
~ Lesley Visser
There's so much music out there, and so many different styles that I've been influenced by, so each album reflects some of that knowledge or influence that I've had.
~ John Legend
The discoveries of yesterday are the truisms of tomorrow, because we can add to our knowledge but cannot subtract from it.
~ Arthur Koestler
Knowledge often spoils devotion.
~ Kate Horsley
During the act of knowledge itself, the objective and subjective are so instantly united, that we cannot determine to which of the two the priority belongs.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Youth, though it may lack knowledge, is certainly not devoid of intelligence; it sees through shams with sharp and terrible eyes.
~ H. L. Mencken
History is our guide, and without a knowledge of history, we are lost!
~ Louis Farrakhan
In heaven, knowledge shall be commensurate with the enlarged powers of the glorified soul.
~ Theodore L. Cuyler
We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge--and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves--how could it happen that we should ever find ourselves?
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
The English novels are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed. But one should not be too severe on them. They show a want of knowledge that must be the result of years of study.
~ Oscar Wilde
All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God.
~ Voltaire
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.
~ Samuel Johnson
To hear is one thing, to know is another.
~ Rudyard Kipling
Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books, than he already knows.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Even subjects that are known are known only to a few
~ Aristotle
Knowledge itself is power
~ Francis Bacon
I take all knowledge to be my province.
~ Sir Francis Bacon
A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.
~ Samuel Johnson