Knowledge Quotes

Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre.

The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.

Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.

The bureaucracy is a circle from which no one can escape. Its hierarchy is a hierarchy of knowledge.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up and so should relatives who are without affection.

He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.

Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

He is a pandit (man of knowledge) who speaks what is suitable to the occasion, who renders loving service according to his ability, and who knows the limits of his anger.

By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained.

We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity, valour, scriptural knowledge, modesty, and morality, for the world is full of the rarest gems.

The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.

The Krishna of the Gita is perfection and right knowledge personified, but the picture is imaginary.

What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education.

We dance round in a ring and suppose, But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.

Courage is the human virtue that counts most-courage to act on limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That's all any of us have.

I only hope that when I am free, as they are free to go in quest, of the knowledge beyond the bounds of life, it may not seem better to me to rest.