Depends Quote by Albert Einstein

The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of the society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment.

— Albert Einstein

“The path of specialization leads away from the ordinary and concrete acts of understanding in terms of which man actually lives his day-to-day life.”

— William Barrett

“Conscious individuals know that if they wish to advance in their careers they cannot rest on yesterday’s knowledge and skills. An overattachment to the…

— Nathaniel Branden

“Specialization is undeniably a powerful social and economic force. And yet it is also debilitating. It breeds helplessness, dependence, and ignorance and, eventually, it…

— Michael Pollan

“Being in the dominant group, where the culture matches our culture, tends to lead to not only advantage, but also conscious laziness.”

— Sara Taylor

cut off from the intuitive knowledge of ontological reason, technical knowledge is directionless and ultimately meaningless. When it dominates, life is deprived of an…

— Mary Daly

The higher culture an individual attains, the less field there is left for mockery and scorn.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Knowledge can be heady stuff, but it easily leads to an excess of zeal! -- to illusions of grandeur and a desire to impress…

— Hugh Nibley

What accumulated knowledge exists in low grade societies is at least put into practice; it is transmuted into character; it exists with the depth…

— John Dewey

Wherever learning breeds specialists, the sum of human culture is enhanced thereby. That is the illusion and consolation of specialists.

— Antonio Machado

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges…

— John Quincy Adams

Culture is perishing in overproduction, in an avalanche of words, in the madness of quantity.

— Milan Kundera