Quotes About Knowledge

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

Call a man 'ignorant,' and you have license to show the world your vast fund of knowledge and wise him up.

President Eyring is a wise, learned, and spiritual man.

I remember being wise beyond my years when I was little.

It's funny: 'Next Thing' was written in a time of my life when I was actually really naive and thought that I was wise.

I used to think I was going to die wise, and now, the one wisdom I have is I know very little.

Your writings should reflect wise thoughts.

Because of how much I've gone through, I want to say I'm more wise than my age.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

The secret of the wise man is to learn from the errors of others.

I even said it in a promo before, that a 'smart man learns from his mistakes, but a wise man learns from the mistakes of others.' I've seen a lot of mistakes made.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

A wise man has to know his limitations. I figured that out pretty quickly.

It takes a very wise man to act the fool.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

We are placed in the genus of Homo, which is Latin for man - Homo sapiens: supposedly wise men. I sometimes think - wonder - whether we really are wise men.

We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.

The driving force of any profession includes not only the special knowledge, skills and standards that it demands, but the duty to serve responsibly, selflessly and wisely, and to establish an inherently ethical relationship between professionals and society.