Knowledge Quotes

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For all the talk you hear about knowledge being such a wonderful thing, instinct is worth forty of it for real unerringness. — Mark Twain
To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease. — Laozi
He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know. — Laozi
Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination. — William Arthur Ward
In a sense, knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows: for details are swallowed up in principles. — Alfred North Whitehead
Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle. — Laozi
The end of the Cold War removed the immediate causes of whole destruction but not the threat contained in our knowledge. We must tame this… — Mahnaz Afkhami
Acquiring literacy is an empowering process, enabling millions to enjoy access to knowledge and information which broadens horizons, increases opportunities and creates alternatives for building… — Kofi Annan
It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. — Herbie Hancock
If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion. — Aldous Huxley
Remember that consciousness is power. Consciousness is education and knowledge. Consciousness is becoming aware. It is the perfect vehicle for students. Consciousness-raising is pertinent for… — Yuri Kochiyama
The best prescription is knowledge. — C. Everett Koop
One of the marks of a great teacher lies not only in an ability to impart knowledge but also in knowing when to encourage a… — Yo-Yo Ma
We frail humans are at one time capable of the greatest good and, at the same time, capable of the greatest evil. Change will only… — Mairead Corrigan
In my mind, the purpose of education is to enable human beings to develop to their full potential, intellectually and spiritually. That means that students… — Michael N. Nagler
Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter,… — E F Schumacher
Any classification according to a singular identity polarizes people in a particular way, but if we take note of the fact that we have many… — Amartya Sen
A real medicine can only exist when it penetrates into a knowledge which embraces the human being in respect to body, soul and spirit. — Rudolf Steiner
There's an awful lot of misunderstanding here about what being poor actually means. I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to… — Emma Thompson

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