Knowledge Quotes

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The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing. — Joseph Addison
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. — Henry Ward Beecher
The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns… — Henry Ward Beecher
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine. — Ludwig van Beethoven
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well. — Robert Benchley
There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours.… — Arnold Bennett
The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection. — Jeremy Bentham
The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination of true knowledge,… — Annie Besant
An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its… — Annie Besant
It is the duty of the followers of Islam to spread through the civilised world, a knowledge of what Islam means - its spirit and… — Annie Besant
Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge. — Annie Besant
That is the true definition of sin; when knowing right you do the lower, ah, then you sin. Where there is no knowledge, sin is… — Annie Besant
Debating clubs among boys are very useful, not only as affording pleasant meetings and interesting discussions, but also as serving for training grounds for developing… — Annie Besant
We learn much during our sleep, and the knowledge thus gained slowly filters into the physical brain, and is occasionally impressed upon it as a… — Annie Besant
Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. — Ambrose Bierce
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know? — Theodore Bikel
I like intensity. If it's too mellow, I feel like, bleah. I like intensity, because it's way of reaching spaces inside of you, and it's… — Juliette Binoche
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. — Ruben Blades
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity… — William Blake

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