Knowledge Quotes

"Knowledge without virtue is dangerous"

"Knowledge without virtue is a dangerous weapon"

"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of endeavors"

"The common people are capable of understanding far more than the powerful believe."

"Knowledge without action is merely beautiful ignorance."

"Language shapes the way we think about freedom itself."

"The masses are not born slaves; they are made slaves by the chains of ignorance."

"The people are sovereign only when they know the truth."

"The more enlightened men are, the less despotism can prevail."

"I believe in the indefinite improvement of human nature through education and practice."

"I have always held that the pen is mightier than the sword in the cause of progress."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of freedom."

"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."

"The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed."

"Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it."

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

"The faculties of the mind itself have a finite measure."

"The man who is possessed of but little reading is apt to be very opinionated."

"A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is a prologue to a farce or tragedy."

"You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good and wise and virtuous man."

"Ignorance and inconsistency are the only refuge of abuse and usurpation."

"I am still learning."

"Mankind are governed by names; therefore the names of things should be carefully ascertained."

"Knowledge is the foundation of freedom."

"All knowledge becomes useful only when applied to life."

"I am convinced that the welfare of mankind depends upon the free exchange of ideas."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all human endeavors."

"Knowledge is power."

"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."

"The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark."