Knowledge Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“In the human life time is but an instant, and the substance of it a flux, and the perception dull, and the composition of…

— Marcus Aurelius

As a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing,but…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Knowledge is ever greater and more powerful than man. To walk the path of knowledge is to fight for survival; therefore if you come…

— Théun Mares

“He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the…

— Caleb Colton

“Man’s life is a line that nature commands him to describe upon the surface of the earth, without his ever being able to swerve…

— Baron d'Holbach

“It is a secret which every intellectual man quickly learns, that, beyond the energy of his possessed and conscious intellect, he is capable of…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must…

— George Gurdjieff

How terrifying and glorious the role of man if, indeed, without guidance and without consolation he must create from his own vitals the meaning…

— Thornton Wilder

“And the truth is that as a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until…

— Ursula K Le Guin

“Whoever possessed knowledge not only had power over the changeable passions of people, but also power over their thinking, over their minds, hearts and…

— Peter Prange

“As a being of Power, Intelligence, and Love, and the lord of his own thoughts, man holds the key to every situation, and contains…

— James Allen

“As long as you allow your intellectual force to pour out into the absolute, it moves in eddies, its power is dissipated, it is…

— Jacques Rivière