Knowledge Quotes

"Age brings wisdom, but it also brings the weariness of understanding too much."

"Knowledge is power, and power is knowledge."

"A man who does not think for himself does not think at all."

"I quote myself too often but you see it is so difficult to quote anyone else."

"The written word is humanity's greatest invention."

"Memory is the treasury of the mind."

"The only real knowledge is knowing how little we know."

"Knowledge without action is merely storage."

"Ignorance is not bliss, it is oblivion."

"The great work of life consists in the growing knowledge of the nature of our souls."

"We are all of us born in moral ignorance."

"The growth of the intellect is the gift of action."

"Knowledge is not the highest thing—goodness and integrity are."

"Memory is the treasure house of the mind."

"A single moment of understanding can rewrite a lifetime of mistakes."

"I have learned much through suffering."

"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is mastery."

"No country will receive wisdom until it accepts that the majority are not very wise."

"The purpose of opening the mind is to close it on something solid."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind."

"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance."

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating—people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

"The moment we have come to some definite knowledge and not before, may one hold another thing ready to show that."

"He learnt to read the language written in the eyes of men."

"The greatest tragedy is to live without ever truly knowing yourself."

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

"Knowledge without wisdom is like a sword in the hands of a child."

"The capacity of the human mind for excitement and reflection is demonstrably limited."

"Ignorance of the law excuses no one, and the more foolish a man, the more liable he is to mistake."

"Believe nothing because a so-called wise person said it."