Epicureanism Quote by Francis Bacon

“It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not the possession of but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.”

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

“We have a hunger of the mind Which asks for knowledge all around us And the more we gain, the more is our desire.”

— Maria Mitchell

“It is the great glory of the quest for human knowledge that, while making some small contribution to that quest, we can also continue…

— William Alfred Fowler

“This knowledge is that which is above all others sweet and joyful. Men have a great deal of pleasure in human knowledge, in studies…

— Jonathan Edwards

“Love and seek for knowledge.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“...explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite…

— Carl Sagan

“Ah, not in knowledge is happiness, but in the acquisition of knowledge! In forever knowing, we are forever blessed; but to know all, were…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“Knowledge is a unique treasure which no one can acquire easily.”

— Eraldo Banovac

Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.

— Plato

“Knowledge itself is the highest reward of knowledge.”

— Swami Vivekananda

“Of all knowledge, the wise and good seek mostly to know themselves.”

— William Shakespeare

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and…

— Anonymous