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John Adams:Liberty cannot be preserved without a


Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
by John Adams


John F. Kennedy:The goal of education is the


The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
by John F. Kennedy


Diogenes Laertius:The only good is knowledge,


The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
by Diogenes Laertius


Henry Miller:In expanding the field of knowledge


In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.
by Henry Miller


Bible:He that hath knowledge spareth his words.


He that hath knowledge spareth his words. (Proverbs 17:27)
by Bible


Albert Einstein:I am enough of an artist to draw


I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
by Albert Einstein


Ralph Waldo Emerson:The senses collect the


The senses collect the surface facts of matter...It was sensation; when memory came, it was experience; when mind acted, it was knowledge; when mind acted on it as knowledge, it was thought.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson


Joseph Hall:Seldom ever was any knowledge given


Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
by Joseph Hall


The Hitopadesa:Let this be an example for the


Let this be an example for the acquisition of all knowledge,virtue, and riches. By the fall of drops of water, by degrees, a pot is filled.
by The Hitopadesa


Thomas H. Huxley:If a little knowledge is


If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
by Thomas H. Huxley


John Locke:Where all is but dream, reasoning and


Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing
by John Locke


Thomas B. Macaulay:The knowledge of the theory


The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.
by Thomas B. Macaulay


Michel De Montaigne:Hath God obliged himself not


Hath God obliged himself not to exceed the bounds of our knowledge?
by Michel De Montaigne


Plato:The learning and knowledge that we have,


The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
by Plato


William Shakespeare:Ignorance is the curse of


Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
by William Shakespeare


Jeremy Taylor:Knowledge comes by eyes always


Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hard, and there is no knowledge that is not power.
by Jeremy Taylor


Alfred Lord Tennyson:Self-reverence,


Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power.
by Alfred Lord Tennyson


Bhagavad Gita:Knowledge, the object of knowledge


Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.
by Bhagavad Gita


Franz Kafka:We are sinful not merely because we


We are sinful not merely because we have eaten of the tree of knowledge, but also because we have not eaten of the tree of life.
by Franz Kafka


George Bernard Shaw:Any person under the age of


Any person under the age of thirty, who, having any knowledge of the existing social order, is not a revolutionist, is an inferio
by George Bernard Shaw


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