Knowledge Quotes

"Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime."

"Reading maketh a full man."

"I made it my business to understand the nature of things."

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

"Knowledge without wisdom is like armor without a warrior."

"The knowledge that one has lived according to one's principles is the greatest possession."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the surest path to understanding our place in the world."

"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."

"The better the intellect is cultivated, the more it appreciates the inadequacy of its knowledge."

"The advancement of learning is the best inheritance we can leave posterity."

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."

"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."

"Memory is the treasury of the mind."

"The light of reason must dispel the darkness of ignorance."

"The pursuit of knowledge knows no boundaries of age or station."

"The knowledge gained from suffering is the most profound knowledge."

"To know oneself is to understand one's capacity for both good and evil."

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

"Many of the great discoveries have been made by young people. It is not always the man who has lived the longest who has learned the most."

"The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason."

"Knowledge is power, and power is freedom."

"The great object of my life has been to observe the properties of materials and to turn the knowledge to some use for the common good."

"Knowledge without action is mere curiosity; wisdom demands we act upon what we learn."

"To know something is not enough; one must understand why it is true."

"Knowledge of the sciences is a farther good to the extent that it turns inward to perfect the mind."

"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."

"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."

"If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read it, you are misinformed."

"Those who read nothing at all are better off than those who read bad material."

"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people."