Knowledge Quotes

The increase of scientific knowledge lies not only in the occasional milestones of science, but in the efforts of the very large body of men who with love and devotion observe and study nature.

Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power - power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ.

Indeed science alone may perhaps be sterile when pursued without an understanding of the world in which scientific knowledge is created and in which the fruits of science are used.

Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.

Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.

The only value of wasted time is knowledge.

Distraction serves evil more than any other mental state.

There is no key to open the heart of another - except curiosity.

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring.

Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the poisons of life and an adequate equipment in knowledge and skill for meeting the chances of life.

You can't know, you can only believe - or not.

The power of human thought grows exponentially with the number of minds that share that thought.

Small minds have always lashed out at what they don't understand.

To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.

Knowledge counts but common sense matters.

We dream, we wake on a cold hillside, we pursue the dream again. In the beginning was the dream, and the work of disenchantment never ends.

Whereas a novice makes moves until he gets checkmated (proof), a Grand Master realizes 20 moves in advance that it’s futile to continue playing (conceptualizing).

Pure wisdom always directs itself towards God; the purest wisdom is knowledge of God.

Wine snobbery, of course, is part showmanship, part sophistication, part knowledge, and part bluff

There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living . . . a way in which life itself is sheer knowing.

Abandon wisdom, discard knowledge, and people will benefit a hundredfold.

My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.

Knowledge studies others, wisdom is self known.

The real key to health and happiness and success is self knowledge

Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed.

The third principle is that any philosophic knowledge is only valuable if it is true or if it works.

I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me

And suddenly, just like that, hope became knowledge. I was going to win. It was just a matter of when.

My goal as a theologian is to move beyond the acquisition of knowledge to its application in real life: in a word, I want to get wisdom.

I have always believed and promoted the fact that education and access to the knowledge society involves lifelong learning.

It is part of my thesis that all our knowledge grows only through the correcting of our mistakes.

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When you don't know something, say you don't know. That is knowledge.

The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?

Knowledge is power only when put to use - and then only when the use made of it is constructive.

Hegel said that 'truth' is subjective, thus rejecting the existence of any 'truth' above or beyond human reason. All knowledge is human knowledge.

Reliable scientific knowledge is value free and has no moral or ethical value. Science tells us how the world is. ... Dangers and ethical issue arise only when science is applied as technology.

Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world.

All true knowledge contradicts common sense.

We can say of Shakespeare, that never has a man turned so little knowledge to such great account.

It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.

There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge.

It is an anomaly that information, the one thing most necessary to our survival as choosers of our own way, should be a commodity subject to the same merchandising rules as chewing gum.

I think it's important to live life with a knowledge of its mystery, and of your own mystery.

Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.

Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.

A knowledge of and the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail.

Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness.