Quotations about Knowledge

A society that fears knowledge is a society that fears itself. ~ Bernard Beckett

Knowledge and human power are synonymous. ~ Francis Bacon

The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. ~ Philip Dormer Stanhope

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. ~ Charles Caleb Colton

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance. ~ Confucius

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. ~ George Santayana

Knowledge of men is the prime secret of business success. ~ Darius Ogden Mills

Knowledge is twofold and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of what is false. ~ Charles Caleb Colton

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. ~ George Santayana

The function of knowledge is to transcend earthly experience, not to wallow in it. ~ Susan Hubbard

Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. ~ George Washington

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. ~ Martin H. Fischer

Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not power. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Knowledge is twofold and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of what is false. ~ Charles Caleb Colton

Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to a mind when it has once seized on it like a lichen on a rock. ~ Mary Shelley

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. ~ Peter F. Drucker

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it. ~ Winston Churchill

The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. ~ Philip Dormer Stanhope

Knowledge is power. Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge — broad, deep knowledge — is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. ~ Helen Keller

Knowledge shuts a man’s mouth. ~ Erwin Sylvanus

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. ~ Carl Jung

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another. ~ Joseph Addison

Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch. ~ Ivern Ball

Knowledge of men is the prime secret of business success. ~ Darius Ogden Mills

Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. ~ William Cowper

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul. ~ William J. Durant

Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not power. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some people drink deeply from the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle. ~ Grant M. Bright

The tiny, initial clue … by allowing us to imagine what we do not know, stimulates a desire for knowledge. ~ Marcel Proust

Knowledge will soon become folly, when good sense ceases to be its guardian. ~ Wellins Calcott

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. ~ Kahlil Gibran

Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Knowledge is a mimic creation. ~ Horace Mann

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul. ~ William J. Durant

Knowledge shuts a man’s mouth. ~ Erwin Sylvanus

The knowledge of useful things is a purse seldom lost. ~ Edward Counsel

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. ~ Thomas Fuller

We are drowning in information and starving for knowledge. ~ Rutherford D. Roger

Knowledge itself is power. ~ Francis Bacon

Knowledge is a mimic creation. ~ Horace Mann

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another. ~ Joseph Addison

Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. ~ George Washington

Knowledge is of two kinds: We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information about it. ~ Samuel Johnson

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. ~ Margaret Fuller

Imagination is more important than knowledge. ~ Albert Einstein

The knowledge of God is far from the love of Him. ~ Keith Miller

Knowledge will soon become folly, when good sense ceases to be its guardian. ~ Wellins Calcott

Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Knowledge and human power are synonymous. ~ Francis Bacon

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. ~ Albert Einstein

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. ~ Albert Einstein

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. ~ Peter F. Drucker

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power. ~ Mark Rutherford

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live. ~ Baltasar Gracian

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise. ~ William Penn

No man’s knowledge can go beyond his experience. ~ John Locke

The Royal Road to Knowledge, all may win, who seek the source of Life in everything. ~ Edwin Leibfreed

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. ~ Thomas Fuller

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise. ~ William Penn

Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. ~ William Cowper

Knowledge is power. Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge — broad, deep knowledge — is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. ~ Helen Keller

Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify. ~ Ambrose Bierce

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. ~ Carl Jung

Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify. ~ Ambrose Bierce

Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch. ~ Ivern Ball

The knowledge of useful things is a purse seldom lost. ~ Edward Counsel

Many people think of knowledge as money. They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self-denial that goes into the acquisition of it. ~ John Morely

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. ~ Martin H. Fischer

Knowledge itself is power. ~ Francis Bacon

As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it. ~ Albert Einstein

The knowledge of God is far from the love of Him. ~ Keith Miller

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there’s no help in truth! ~ Sophocles

Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market. ~ Arthur Hugh Clough