Scholar Quotes

426 Scholar quotes by 337 unique authors

Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the scholars. I will not forget thy word. Amen. — Blaise Pascal
A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad teacher. To be… — Hermann Hesse
When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it's alive; then they have the parts and the'be lost the whole, for… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong. — Tamora Pierce
His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools and scoundrels. It… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the… — John Steinbeck
We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking. — Jonathan Swift
In England, coffeehouses were dubbed penny-universities, because for the admission price of one cent, a person could sit and be edified all day long by… — Leah Hager Cohen
People have stars, but they aren't the same. For travelers, the stars are guides. For other people, they're nothing but tiny lights. And for still… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily. — Alan Watts
I have neither the scholar's melancholy, which is emulation; nor the musician's, which is fantastical; nor the courtier's, which is proud; not the soldier's which… — William Shakespeare
On our earth, before writing was invented, before the printing press was invented, poetry flourished. That is why we know that poetry is like bread;… — Pablo Neruda
The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all… — Washington Irving
A man who has lived in many places is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village; the scholar has… — C.S. Lewis
Well now," the scholar went on, "I'm just an old fuddy-duddy who could use a tan, so you needn't grant my opinion any authority, but… — Frank Beddor
If you steal from one book you are condemned as a plagiarist, but if you steal from ten books you are considered a scholar, and… — Amos Oz
What do they know-all these scholars, all these philosophers, all the leaders of the world - about such as you? They have convinced themselves that… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
The old man was peering intently at the shelves. 'I'll have to admit that he's a very competent scholar.' Isn't he just a librarian?' Garion… — David Eddings
At least I was true. My intellectual abilities gave me a release, and an excuse. I shunned company because I preferred books; and the dreams… — Robin McKinley
Teach your scholar to observe the phenomena of nature; you will soon rouse his curiosity, but if you would have it grow, do not be… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and unamusing way. They provide a lot of information. It's just that there… — Benjamin Hoff
A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing… — Ursula K. Le Guin
In the high school classroom you are a drill sergent, a rabbi, a shoulder to cry on, a disciplinarian, a singer, a low-level scholar, a… — Frank McCourt
Infuriatingly stupid analysts - especially people who called themselves Arabists, yet who seemed to know next to nothing about the reality of the Islamic world… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It… — Alan Watts

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