Knowledge Quotes - The only true Wisdom
“A
friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
―
Elbert Hubbard
“The
only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
―
Socrates
“The
Seven Social Sins are:
Wealth
without work.
Pleasure
without conscience.
Knowledge
without character.
Commerce
without morality.
Science
without humanity.
Worship
without sacrifice.
Politics
without principle.
From
a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on
March 20, 1925.”
―
Frederick Lewis Donaldson
“Hold
fast to dreams,
For
if dreams die
Life
is a broken-winged bird,
That
cannot fly.”
―
Langston Hughes
“Any
fool can know. The point is to understand.”
―
Albert Einstein
“I
was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
―
Mark Twain
“I
did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
―
Maya Angelou
“The
man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his
friends.”
―
Friedrich Nietzsche
“No
thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is
the best and safest treasure to acquire.”
― L.
Frank Baum, The Lost Princess of Oz
“Reading
furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes
what we read ours.”
―
John Locke
“I
cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
―
Socrates
“Great
minds are always feared by lesser minds.”
―
Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol
“Confidence
is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't
know.”
―
Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
“The
greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
―
Daniel J. Boorstin
“Knowing
too much of your future is never a good thing.”
―
Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
“For
me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than
I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far
that gets you.”
―
Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Your
assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a
while, or the light won't come in.”
―
Alan Alda
“Wisdom
cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds
like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not
wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot
communicate and teach it.”
―
Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
“It
is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which
they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.”
―
Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
“Write
what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.”
―
Howard Nemerov
