Quotes About Knowledge

Several years have now passed since I first realized how numerous were the false opinions that in my youth I had taken to be true, and thus how doubtful were all those that I had subsequently built upon them.

I found myself beset by so many doubts and errors that I came to think I had gained nothing from my attempts to become educated but increasing recognition of my ignorance.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

It is impossible for individuals to examine the huge number of new books that are being published every day

In order to determine whether we can know anything with certainty, we first have to doubt everything we know

A lot of people ask prayers in hopes to receive money for all the time they have on earth, I, myself; pray for knowledge hoping that my place in heaven receives a higher rank. MillYenteiâ™±

Broken Minds, The easiest way to program a foolish mind is to tell them something that they know nothing about and proceed to make them believe it without doing any research for themselves, "Broken Minds" -MillYentei

One has to Journey within the boundaries of paradise fading into a world of unconsciousness only if you're thirsting to inherit this empirical knowledge not too greater and not too lesser, -MillYentei

Your library is your paradise.

So our student will flit like a busy bee through the entire garden of literature, light on every blossom, collect a little nectar from each, and carry it to his hive...

When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by nightly as well as daily use thumb them, batter them, wear them out, who fill out all the margins with annotations of many kinds, and who prefer the marks of a fault they have erased to a neat copy full of faults.

If a man is a fool, you don't train him out of being a fool by sending him to university. You merely turn him into a trained fool, ten times more dangerous.

A belief in the validity of the acquisition of knowledge and a scientific understanding of the world we live in, the creation and appreciation of aesthetic phenomena in all their many forms, and the broadening and deepening of our range of experiences in day-to-day living, is rapidly becoming the 'religion' of our time.

We learn from history that we don't learn from history!

Through Karna, Vyasa reiterates that our knowledge of the world is imperfect based on perceptions and false information. We are surrounded by Kuntis who hide the truth in fear. We are surrounded by Karnas, villains who are actually brothers.

Krishna replies that nothing is wasted or destroyed in the cosmos. All efforts are recorded and they impact future lives. Knowledge acquired in the past plays a role in the wisdom of future lives.

Within the infinite myths lies the eternal truth

Only the ignorant think they alone are responsible for an outcome

The journey towards limitless truth expands our mind

Knowledge does not outlive death. Wealth does.

One can argue, why not simply give the solution; why go through the trouble of creating a puzzle? Ancient Hindus believed, wisdom must never be given. It has to be taken. And

showing does not guarantee seeing. Telling does not guarantee hearing. Gyana is not vi-gyana.

This imagined notion of who we are and how others are supposed to see us, is called aham. Aham constantly seek validation from external world. When that is not forthcoming it becomes insecure. Aham makes humans accumulate things; through things we hope people will look upon us as we imagine ourselves. That is why people display their wealth & their knowledge & their power.Aham yearns to be seen.