Knowledge Quotes

"Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go."

"Understanding is a very dull occupation and very exhausting too."

"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose."

"We must learn to see beyond the surface of things to understand their true nature."

"Knowledge without wisdom is a dangerous accumulation of facts."

"Unless a man has thought deeply, he cannot act rightly."

"Knowledge is power, but it is a fearful power when it comes too early."

"Knowledge is power."

"Knowledge is the basis of everything."

"The act of naming something gives us power over it, and yet it can also limit our understanding."

"To know yourself, you must know your history."

"I learned about life the hard way, on the streets, and that education was worth more than any degree."

"To question is to survive; to accept blindly is to perish."

"The knowledge we gain from suffering is the only knowledge worth having."

"Language is the bridge between our inner world and the outer world."

"Identity is constructed through narrative and through the telling of stories."

"Research is a formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose."

"Knowledge without application is just theory."

"Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go."

"The role of the intellectual is to elucidate the questions that the masses are afraid to ask."

"The knowledge that we cannot escape is the knowledge of ourselves."

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

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

"Memory is everything to a writer."

"There are some kinds of knowledge that only the flesh can teach."

"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."

"I learned about life in the streets, in blues bars, and from ordinary people."

"Knowledge is power, but only if we use it wisely."

"Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time."

"Experts, he said, were damned dangerous."