Quotes About Knowledge

Yeah, I believe in all the wild, witchcraft stuff. I don't like to dabble in that, but I believe they all know something.

I think you can learn a lot from primary sources. 'The Penguin Book of Witches,' which is edited by novelist Katherine Howe, is a wonderful compilation of primary sources about witchcraft.

I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts.

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

People usually compare the computer to the head of the human being. I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom. And data is the knowledge.

Our species uses music and dance to express various feelings: love, joy, comfort, ceremony, knowledge, and friendship. And each one is distinct and widely recognized within cultures. Love songs cause us to move slowly and fluidly, for example, while songs of joy inspire us to dance in a full-body aerobic way.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.

Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.

You always get things that teach you and steps to grow, but there is a confidence that is gained and a deep understanding of what it means to be supported by your knowledge - not by some team that is there to create confidence; it is there within you. That takes time. That takes teachers. That takes taking risks.

If you cannot find the truth within yourself, where else do you expect to find it?

The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him.

The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say 'recognize' because you're not... it's not new.

Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.

A home without books is a body without soul.

We cannot, as a country, improve economically, socially, and culturally without quality education.

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.