As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.
~ Albert Einstein
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
~
Samuel Johnson
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
~
William Cowper
Motivation is like food for the brain.
You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top ups.
~
Peter Davies
He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise.
~
Lao-Tsze
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
~
Juvenal
Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to
grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand,
when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise -- even in their own field.
~ Isaac Asimov
It has also contained come of the very best, most accessible writing for children, by writers who seldom get the acknowledgement they deserve [on Fantasy genre].
~
Terry Pratchett
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
~
Sir Walter Scott
Knowledge is power.
~
Francis Bacon
Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.
~
Lao Tzu
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.
~
Samuel Johnson
No man's knowledge can go beyond his experience.
~
John Locke
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
~
Albert Schweitzer
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
~
Thomas Huxley
It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.
~
Enrico Fermi
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
~ Albert Einstein
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
~
Kahlil Gibran
Sometimes when a new piece of knowledge comes along you suddenly change your priorities and focus on something completely different instead.
~
John Hartford
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.
~
Margaret Fuller
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.
~
Sigmund Freud
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
~
Sandra Carey
Knowledge shuts a man's mouth.
~
Erwin Sylvanus
Knowledge is going to make you stronger.
~
Avery Brooks
He was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought.
Known to the Chinese as Master Kong and to the rest of the world as Confucius, he created a philosophy
based on virtue and believed in honesty, respect, sincerity.
Confucius taught that it was not the satisfaction of the senses in the present moment that would bring true
happiness, but well-planned actions and the helping of fellow man which mattered most.
(551-479 BCE)
When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us.
Arapaho ~ Native American Proverbs
Hope is the physician of each misery.
~ Irish Proverbs
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
~ John F. Kennedy
