Knowledge Quotes

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To understand at all what life means, one must begin with Christian belief. And I think knowledge may be sorrow with a man unless he… — William Mountford
It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of… — Albert Pike
The fear of speculation, the ostensible rush from the theoretical to the practical, brings about the same shallowness in action that it does in knowledge.… — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
The essential difference between that knowledge which is, and that which is not conclusive evidence of Christian character, lies in this: the object of the… — Gardiner Spring
According to the technical language of old writers, a thing and its qualities are described as subject and attributes; and thus a man's faculties and… — William Whewell
A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. — Witter Bynner
The notion that "applied" knowledge is somehow less worthy than "pure" knowledge, was natural to a society in which all useful work was performed by… — John Dewey
Whatever you might say the object "is", well it is not. — Alfred Korzybski
A modern theory of knowledge which takes account of the relational as distinct from the merely relative character of all historical knowledge must start with… — Karl Mannheim
I hold all knowledge that is concerned with things that actually exist - all that is commonly called Science - to be of very slight… — Bertrand Russell
All definite knowledge - so I should contend - belongs to science; all dogma as to what surpasses definite knowledge belongs to theology. But between… — Bertrand Russell
All schools, all colleges, have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal, valuable knowledge. The theological knowledge which they conceal cannot justly be regarded… — Mark Twain
A very great deal more truth can become known than can be proven. — Richard P. Feynman
While knowledge is orderly and cumulative, information is random and miscellaneous. — Daniel J. Boorstin
Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself. — Benjamin Carson
A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting... Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if one looks at… — Carlos Castaneda
Knowledge about the process being modeled starts fairly low, then increases as understanding is obtained and tapers off to a high value at the end. — Harold Chestnut
No human mind can comprehend all the knowledge which guides the actions of society. — Friedrich August von Hayek
The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, specific, and articulate will be our knowledge of what we… — Karl Popper
Civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular knowledge may serve… — Friedrich August von Hayek

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