Quotes about Knowledge

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”

“To my knowledge, there is no blacklist. But there is a mindset, even among liberal producers, that says 'He may be difficult, so let's avoid him.'”

“Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge.”

“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am - my faith, my knowledge, my being.”

“Religion and science are the two conjugated faces or phases of one and the same complete act of knowledge - the only one which can embrace the past and future of evolution and so contemplate, measure and fulfil them.”

“So I think it is common knowledge that Hitchcock had fantasies or whatever you want to call them about his leading ladies.”

“In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.”

“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.”

“Before Christianity became the Roman Empire's official religion in the 4th Century, 'mystery religions,' organized around a central canon of secret knowledge, were widespread. Membership in such religions was limited to people who had passed through secret initiation rituals and had begun to learn a body of hidden knowledge.”

“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.”

“Only an intervention by women around the world, with their innate knowledge of interdependency, deep listening, empathy and self-sacrifice, could possibly alter our species' desperate course.”

“Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.”

“The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.”

“A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical.”

“Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.”

“The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.”

“I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.”

“As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.”

“The Holy Ghost bears witness to us of the truth and impresses upon our souls the reality of God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, so surely that no earthly power or authority can separate us from that knowledge.”

“Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.”

“The secret to being successful from a trading perspective is to have an indefatigable and an undying and unquenchable thirst for information and knowledge.”