Parenting Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“I do not believe that an “impulse to knowledge” is the father of philosophy; but that another impulse, here as elsewhere, has only made…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Philosophy, like all other studies, aims primarily at knowledge. The knowledge it aims at is the kind of knowledge which gives unity and system…

— Bertnard Russell

“Action, and not knowledge, is man's destiny and duty in this life; and his highest principles, both in philosophy and in religion, have reference…

— Henry Longueville Mansel

“For someone who constantly comes across this problem in the course of his professional activities, the question whether philosophy has the status of a…

— Jean Piaget

“Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge.”

— Stefan Molyneux

Without initiation into the scientific spirit one is not in possession of the best tools humanity has so far devised for effectively directed reflection.…

— John Dewey

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

— Joseph Addison

Accumulating knowledge is a form of avarice and lends itself to another version of the Midas story ...man [is] so avid for knowledge that…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

“Initially, you grasp [knowledge] through the ‘light’ of the intellect and then the understanding arises, and thereafter a state in which there is absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed and attachment-abhorrence…

— Dada Bhagwan

Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.

— Victor Hugo

“...being in a position to know and nevertheless shunning knowledge creates direct responsibility for the consequences...”

— Albert Speer