Knowledge Quote by Ayn Rand

Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.

— Ayn Rand

Man cannot survive except by gaining knowledge, and reason is his only means to gain it.

— John Galt

The desire for knowledge shapes a man.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Man... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfactions instruct him concerning himself, teach him…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man is able to decide for or against reason, he is able to create beyond reason or to destroy below reason

— Paul Tillich

Man is a mixture of desires that extend beyond his knowledge and often result in action conflicting with rationality.

— Charles Lindbergh

A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings.

— Albert Einstein

The purpose of man is in action not thought.

— Thomas Carlyle

Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.

— Bernard de Mandeville

Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind

— George Gaylord Simpson

A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must…

— George Gurdjieff

Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon. Animals obtain food by force. man…

— Ayn Rand