Knowledge Quotes · Page 156

My intimate knowledge of the [UN] system allowed me to get things done despite the many obstacles.

— Kofi Annan

Knowledge has become the key economic resource and the dominant-and perhaps even the only-source of competitive advantage.

— Peter Drucker

“Leather means possession. Turquoise traditionally represents protection. Together they mean you belong to the man who put it around your neck.”

— Kim Dare

Books are the spiritual and intellectual food of the mind, and reading is a great enjoyment for those who desire to improve…

— Anonymous

“Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.

— Martha C. Nussbaum

“I always revisit those things I think I know with the hope that I will learn and understand that much more". ~R.…

— R. Alan Woods

Religious people split into three main groups when faced with science. I shall label them the "know-nothings", the "know-alls", and the "no-contests."

— Richard Dawkins

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to…

— David Hume

“And a man said, speak to us of self-knowledge. and he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the…

— Kahlil Gibran

We learn much during our sleep, and the knowledge thus gained slowly filters into the physical brain, and is occasionally impressed upon…

— Annie Besant

Do you realize we've got 250 million years of coal? But coal has got environmental hazards to it, but there's-I'm convinced, and…

— George W. Bush

“Starting from Descartes’ commitment to a few absolutely certain innate ideas and reason’s ability to determine some facts about reality a priori,…

— Lee Braver

“Whatever I learned, Whatever I knew, Seems like those faded years of childhood that flew, Away in some dilemma, Always in some…

— Mehek Bassi

There is only the constant knowledge and enjoyment of the Heart, moment to moment, through the instant of all conditions of appearance…

— Adi Da

The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even…

— Orhan Pamuk

Facts are all accidents. They all might have been different. They all may become different. They all may collapse altogether.

— George Santayana

I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

— George Washington

There's a wealth of information and knowledge you can gain from sitting down with people who are successful.

— Grant Hill

The purpose of teachers should be to add to the sum of human knowers rather than the sum of human knowledge.

— Stuart Sherman

“I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so.”

— Idries Shah

“A friend asked, "If increased awareness means less happiness, why bother?" No answer.”

— Derrick Jensen

When knowledge is missing all other attributes have no grooves in which to rest.

— Nelly Mazloum

“Each of us, A CEll Of Awareness... imperfect, and incomplete. Genetic blends, with uncertain ends.”

— neil peart

Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely.

— John Templeton

Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance.

— Isaac Asimov

“How rich we are in knowledge, and in all that lies around us yet to learn. Billionaires, all of us.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Your knowledge can stir the world, your intellect can move it, your wisdom can shake it, but only your love can truly…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The man who does not read miss a great literature of knowledge. You must dare to read and reread.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“There's no short-cut in life but with right knowledge, you can fast-track things to come to pass.”

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of…

— Jim Elliot

“Being articulate is not the same as being wise. Truth devoid of conscience, is worthless in human existence.”

— Abhijit Naskar

On the ostensible exactitude of certain branches of human knowledge, including mathematics. The exactness is a fake.

— Alfred North Whitehead

The hardest battle of our lives is between what we think we know, and what we really feel.

— Anonymous

Many (Christians) have zeal without knowledge, enthusiasm without enlightenment. In more modern jargon, they are keen but clueless.

— John Stott

Set goals that are achievable. Bring about meaningful change one step at a time. Raising awareness is not enough.

— Henry Spira

Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge. Learning is movement from moment to moment.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The last fact which knowledge can discover is that the world is a manifestation, and in every way a puzzling manifestation, of…

— Albert Schweitzer

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

— Proverbs 15:14

Knowledge, or verbal facility, is no proof that you know what you're talking about.

— Terence McKenna