Advantage Quote by Thomas a Kempis

Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or…

— Thomas a Kempis

All men naturally desire to know,but what does knowledge avail without the fear of God?

— Anonymous

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

— Will Durant

The desire for knowledge shapes a man.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Men do not fail commonly for want of knowledge, but for want of prudence to give wisdom the preference.

— Henry David Thoreau

Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning abilities. It…

— Immanuel Kant

There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not destroyed, by understanding its…

— Anonymous

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds…

— William Cowper

“Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men: Wisdom, in minds…

— J Oswald Sanders

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, he wants to reestablish them. Ignorance irritates…

— Anonymous

But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for men have…

— Francis Bacon

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the…

— Charles Spurgeon