Quotes about Knowledge

“The idea would be in my mind - and I know it sounds strange - is that the most important advances in medicine would be made not by new knowledge in molecular biology, because that's exceeding what we can even use. It'll be made by mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, figuring out a way to get all that information together.”

“Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.”

“The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.”

“After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.”

“People usually compare the computer to the head of the human being. I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom. And data is the knowledge.”

“Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.”

“We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.”

“There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.”

“Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.”

“Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.”

“Knowledge doesn't really form part of human nature. Conflict, combat, the outcome of the combat, and, consequently, risk and chance are what gives rise to knowledge. Knowledge is not instinctive; it is counter instinctive, just as it is not natural but counter natural.”

“Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement.”

“If a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a lot was lethal.”

“Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.”

“If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.”

“In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.”

“We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.”

“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”

“Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.”

“Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power - power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.”

“To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.”