Knowledge Quotes

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The most elusive knowledge of all is self-knowledge and it is usually acquired laboriously through experience outside the classroom. — Mirra Komarovsky
I think schools, as they are now regulated, the hot-beds of vice and folly, and the knowledge of human nature supposedly attained there, merely cunning… — Mary Wollstonecraft
The only real ill-doing is the deprivation of knowledge. — Plato
What our species needs, above all else, is a generally accepted ethical system that is compatible with the scientific knowledge we now possess. — Unknown Author
There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived from Reason, or… — David Hume
Muhammad teaches us the knowledge of our own selves, and of our own people. He cleans us up-morally, mentally and spiritually — Malcolm X
Pedagogy of the Oppressed resonated with progressive educators, already committed to a 'child-centered' rather than a 'teacher-directed' approach to classroom instruction. Freire's rejection of teaching… — Sol Stern
"Happy he that knows Thee, even if he knows nothing else," says St. Augustine. If we knew all the sciences and knew not how to… — Alphonsus Liguori
I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does… — William Dean Howells
Having knowledge of the Bible is essential to a rich and meaningful life. — Billy Graham
Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it. — John Calvin
By the time the child can draw more that scribble, by the age of four or five years, an already well-formed body of conceptual knowledge… — Unknown Author
It is our duty to give meaning to the life of future generations by sharing our knowledge and experience; by teaching an appreciation of work… — Paul Bocuse
What were we made for? To know God. What aim should we have in life? To know God. What is the eternal life that Jesus… — J I Packer
Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else… — Ramana Maharshi
The only use of a knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present. The present contains all that there is. It is… — Alfred North Whitehead
I do not know what 'moss' stands for in the proverb , but if it stood for useful knowledge... I gathered more moss by rolling… — Ernest Shackleton
If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have done… — Richard Livingstone
Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of… — Irving Babbitt
Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself. — Marsha Norman

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