Knowledge Quotes

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He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge. — Richard Whately
Instead of encouraging the student to devote himself to his studies for the sake of studying, instead of encouraging in him a real love for… — Karl Popper
If knowledge is power and power corrupt, does knowledge corrupt? — James Moore
You are your greatest investment. The more you store in that mind of yours, the more you enrich your experience, the more people you meet,… — George Matthew Adams
What is all our knowledge worth? We do not even know what the weather will be tomorrow. — Berthold Auerbach
To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of eternal things; to knowledge, the rational knowledge of temporal things. — Saint Augustine
Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding of his subject:… — Jacques Barzun
Most men believe that it would benefit them if they could get a little from those who have more. How much more would it benefit… — William J. H. Boetcker
Every branch of knowledge which a good man possesses, he may apply to some good purpose. — Claudius Buchanan
In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in it what the eye brings means of seeing. — Thomas Carlyle
Do not try to entrap others with your haughty knowledge. To your wide surprise, they will entrap you with their lengthy ignorance. — Sri Chinmoy
Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns. — John Maurice Clark
The worth and value of knowledge is in proportion to the worth and value of its object. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A greater poverty than that caused by lack of money is the poverty of unawareness. Men and women go about the world unaware of the… — Thomas Dreier
Knowledge-full, unfettered knowledge of its own heritage, of freedom's enemies, of the whole world of men and ideas-this knowledge is a free people's surest strength. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
To each individual the world will take on a different connotation of meaning-the important lies in the desire to search for an answer. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Men of vision caught glimpses of truth and beauty shining aloft like stars: and in these glimpses was a new hope for the unification of… — Robert Falconer
Experts kill me. Economic experts, that is. Corporations, foundations, publications and governments pay them by the bucketful, and they fill buckets with forecasts that change… — Malcolm Forbes
If you don't know, it's not always necessary to admit it. — Malcolm Forbes
Those who act as if they know more than their boss seldom do. — Malcolm Forbes

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