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Knowledge Quotes

Human knowledge consists not only of libraries of parchment and ink - it is also comprised of the volumes of knowledge that are written on the human heart, chiselled on the human soul, and engraved on the human psyche.


Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.


The limit of man's knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination.


I believe there exists, & I feel within me, an instinct for the truth, or knowledge or discovery, of something of the same nature as the instinct of virtue, & that our having such an instinct is reason enough for scientific researches without any practical results ever ensuing from them.


It is a matter of simple knowledge that the human likes to see the struggle between the good and the bad, the rich and the poor, the successful and the unsuccessful.


Knowledge inspires courage. I'm not sceptical but I'd sooner know than believe.


The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.


What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important.


Art is the uniting of the subjective with the objective, of nature with reason, of the unconscious with the conscious, and therefore art is the highest means of knowledge.


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.