Continuing Quote by Stephen Hawking

No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth…

— Hugh Nibley

Although humankind inherently "desires to know", if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction,…

— Bill Joy

All knowledge has an ultimate goal. Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is, say what you will, nothing but a dismal begging of the…

— Miguel de Unamuno

The goal of mankind is knowledge ... Now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside: it is all inside. What…

— Swami Vivekananda

The humanities don't belong to some elitist group... knowledge as a whole should be embraced.

— Ruth Simmons

To find out what we presently are and where we are going, we must know what we have been and what others have done;…

— Howard Mumford Jones

“The quest for human knowledge is quintessential element of being human, it's a part of our nature. We are all scientists and it's up…

— Frank Huguenard

My desire for knowledge is intermittent; but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my feet is perennial and constant. The…

— Henry David Thoreau

The search for some ultimate significance in the universe, and in our little transient role in it, the compulsion to learn, to know, to…

— Dale Rex Coman

We seek an understanding of the laws of nature and of our particular universe in which everything makes sense to us. We do not…

— Sean M. Carroll

The pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is itself only a wayfaring from grave to grave.

— Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

It is beautiful to acquire knowledge, but it is misleading to expect it to bring us peace, love and happiness.

— Ken Keyes Jr