Knowledge Quotes

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What should our second generation have done, what should it do with the knowledge of the horrors of the extermination of the Jews? We should… — Bernhard Schlink
The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things â€” not merely industrious,… — John Ruskin
Thus, I always began by assuming the worst; my appeal was dismissed. That meant, of course, I was to die. Sooner than others, obviously. 'But,'… — Albert Camus
We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about… — Pico Iyer
Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies… — James A. Michener
Its a bit mad. Too bad, I mean, that getting to know each just for a fleeting second Must be replaced by unperfect knowledge of… — John Ashbery
Faith moves mountains, but only knowledge moves them to the right place... — Joseph Goebbels
We donâ€™t like to think of ourselves as preyâ€”it is a lessening thoughtâ€”but the truth is that in our arrogance and so-called knowledge we forget… — Gary Paulsen
Yes! the books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! The only years of… — Wilkie Collins
One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on the road that leads to… — Beryl Markham
Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to learned… — Northrop Frye
Self-knowledge involves relationship. To know oneself is to study one self in action with another person. Relationship is a process of self evaluation and self… — Bruce Lee
No, I donâ€™t have to tell a soul about this, I promised myself. When you are a kid, you donâ€™t know yet that a secret,… — Karen Russell
I realize that some people will not believe that a child of little more than ten years is capable of having such feelings. My story… — Hermann Hesse
He had no conscious knowledge of death, but like every animal of the Wild, he possessed the instinct of death. To him it stood as… — Jack London
Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement. — Michel de Montaigne
Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding — Donna Jo Napoli
It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch… — Oswald Chambers
Sometimes IVs and pills werenâ€™t always the best course of treatment for the injured. Sometimes all you needed was the touch of the one you… — J R Ward
Were it possible for us to see further than our knowledge reaches, and yet a little way beyond the outworks of our divinings, perhaps we… — Rainer Maria Rilke

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