Quotes About Knowledge

ACADEMIA: Originalmente enramada en la que los filósofos buscaban un sentido en la naturaleza; ahora, escuela en la que los imbéciles buscan un significado en la filosofía.

La vita è un dono, dei pochi ai molti, di coloro che sanno e che hanno a coloro che non sanno e che non hanno.

The world," he said, "grows hourly more and more sceptical of all that lies beyond its own narrow radius; and our men of science foster the fatal tendency. The Phantom Coach

If you want to know a country, read its writers.

He seemed to remember a sense of fearlessness as a child, for lacking the knowledge of death, he supposed, for still believing bad things happened only to other people. How long you held on to that particular belief depended on where you were born.

Is it not amazing, Puggly dear, that whenever we begin to congratulate ourselves on the breadth of our knowledge of the world, we discover that there are multitudes of people, in every corner of the earth, who have seen vastly more than we can ever hope to?

Knowledge is so often the antidote to fear. But not here. Not now.

I am a bottomless well of revelation but cannot force the ignorant to drink.

One should learn the lessons of history. The mistakes of the past need only be made once.

Years, back, when they first made him a sergeant, he'd imagined the officers much have all the answers. When he was given his commission, he'd imagined the generals must have all the answers. When King Orso made him a general, he'd imagined the Closed counsel bust have all the answers. Now, as a lord marshal, he finally knew it for an absolute fact. No one had the answers. Worse. There weren't any.

Hay que aprender las lecciones de la historia. Los errores del pasado deben cometerse una sola vez —hizo una breve pausa y luego añadió—. A menos que no haya otro remedio.

Truly clever things are said with short words. Long ones are used to hide stupidity

Knowledge isn't always a gift, d'you see? Sometimes it's better we be swaddled in the comforting darkness of ignorance.

He had discovered early in his military career that if one has an effective and experienced officer above, coupled with effective and experienced soldiers below, one need do, and know, nothing.

I saw two Northmen. One was reading a book.' 'Really? A book?' Friendly shrugged. 'There are readers everywhere.

The more you learn, the more you realise how little you know. Still, the struggle itself is worthwhile. Knowledge is the root of power, after all.

The tree is only as strong as its roots, and knowledge is the root of power.

Perhaps we'll have some answers, at least, before the end. I always dreamed of dying well-informed.

Cuanto más se aprende, más cuenta se da uno de lo poco que sabe. Aun así, el propio esfuerzo compensa. Al fin y al cabo, el conocimiento es la raíz de todo poder.

La ignorancia es la más dulce de las medicinas.

They say belief is righteous, but to Muslan only doubt was divine. From doubt flows curiosity, and knowledge, and progress. From belief flows only ignorance and decay.

Oh yes, you understand better than most how this will work. Knowledge is so often the antidote to fear. But not here. Not now.

There was no magic to it. She simply listened, observed, and made sure she never spoke until she knew what she was speaking of. Knowledge is the root of power, after all.

The greatest responsibility of a commander was not to command, but to look like he knew how to.