Knowledge Quotes

8542 Knowledge quotes by 3918 unique authors

I had always turned to books, to knowledge, to help me get through everything in my life—and, sometimes, to escape it. But grief was a… — Michele Bardsley
And last are the few whose delight is in meditation and understanding; who yearn not for goods, nor for victory, but for knowledge; who leave… — Will Durant
Sebastian it is. You can tell me what a patron saint is later, since I have no knowledge of such things. Sebastian Kane. "Sebastian Kane… — Christine Feehan
The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know that the earth… — John Berger
Man wants three things; life, knowledge, and love. — Fulton J. Sheen
A teacher who cannot explain any abstract subject to a child does not himself thoroughly understand his subject; if he does not attempt to break… — Fulton J. Sheen
The Church no longer contends that knowledge is in itself sinful, though it did so in its palmy days; but the acquisition of knowledge, even… — Bertrand Russell
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing... My surprise reached a… — Arthur Conan Doyle
We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge - and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves - how could it happen that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
...Granny Weatherwax, who had walked nightly without fear in the bandit-haunted forests of the mountains all her life in the certain knowledge that the darkness… — Terry Pratchett
It’s a sort of furtiveness … Like we were a generation of furtive. You know, with an inner knowledge there’s no use flaunting on that… — Jack Kerouac
Southern women see no point in the hard way. Life is hard enough. So we add a little sugar to the sour. Which is not… — Allison Glock
This is the concentration camp and crematorium at Auschwitz. This is where people were turned into numbers. Into this pond were flushed the ashes of… — Jacob Bronowski
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving… — Albert Einstein
Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it. — Alan Moore
As the Roman Empire came to its close, all the old gods of the pagan world were seen as demons by the Christians who rose.… — Anne Rice
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will. — Vernon Howard
So why do I write, torturing myself to put it down? Because in spite of myself I've learned some things. Without the possibility of action,… — Ralph Ellison
Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose. — Edward Abbey
Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires… — John C. Maxwell
Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. As we engage in this communion with God… — R C Sproul
I have only a bare working knowledge of the human brain but it's enough to make me proud to be an American. — Don DeLillo
I am beginning to believe that nothing can ever be proved. These are honest hypotheses which take the facts into account: but I sense so… — Jean-Paul Sartre
She walked in the shadow of Rango with a great feeling of being taken out of herself, of having no knowledge of what was happening… — Anais Nin

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