Knowledge Quotes

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Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the poisons of life and an adequate equipment in knowledge and… — Havelock Ellis
It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first… — Havelock Ellis
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ancestor of every action is a thought. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you… — Brian Eno
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. — Epictetus
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. — Epictetus
We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same. — Arthur Erickson
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder. — M.C. Escher
Some say that sudden knowledge of mystical matters is accomplished only in complete quietude, or that Creator, in one of God's many forms, appears only… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Cleverness is not wisdom. — Euripides
Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning. — Vera Farmiga
Even Superman's name reflects his creators' biblical knowledge. — Bruce Feiler
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. — Malcolm Forbes
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is… — Henry Ford
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge! — William Hague

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