Knowledge Quotes

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Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their… — Sharon Salzberg
It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with… — Frederick Sanger
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. — George Santayana
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. — George Santayana
Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation,… — George Santayana
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. — Marilyn vos Savant
Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold… — Friedrich Schiller
There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable. — Arthur Schopenhauer
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast… — Arthur Schopenhauer
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call… — Walter Scott
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. — William Shakespeare
We know what we are, but know not what we may be. — William Shakespeare
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. — William Shakespeare
I say there is no darkness but ignorance. — William Shakespeare
Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know. — William Shakespeare
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me. — William Shakespeare
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. — George Bernard Shaw
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. — George Bernard Shaw

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