Knowledge Quotes

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Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying. — Johannes Tauler
It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it… — Jeremy Taylor
If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search. — John Templeton
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I am a part of all that I have met. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Medical knowledge and technical savvy are biodegradable. The sort of medicine that was practiced in Boston or New York or Atlanta fifty years ago would… — Lewis Thomas
My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better. — Marlo Thomas
It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a… — Emma Thompson
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. — Henry David Thoreau
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. — Henry David Thoreau
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. — Henry David Thoreau
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. — Henry David Thoreau
The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge. — Edward Thorndike
The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers… — James Thurber
Knowledge is the most democratic source of power. — Alvin Toffler
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. — Lily Tomlin
I was always a little hesitant to accuse people of loading a bat to hit a ball farther. I was always very hesitant to approach… — Joe Torre
Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry. — Scott Turow
I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge. — Neil deGrasse Tyson

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