I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that’s good taste.
—Lucille Ball (1911–89) American Actor, Comedian, Model
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.
—John Stuart Mill (1806–73) English Philosopher, Economist
That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call a tragedy.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
—Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) Swiss Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher
It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.
—Frederick II of Prussia (1712–86) Prussian Monarch
He knows so little and knows it so fluently.
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945) American Novelist
What novelty is worth the sweet monotony where everything is known, and loved because it is known?
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
As the age of information demands the simultaneous use of all our faculties, we discover that we are most at leisure when we are most intensely involved.
—Marshall Mcluhan (1911–80) Canadian Writer, Thinker, Educator
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
When you see the abyss, and we have looked into it, then what? There isn’t much room at the edge—one person, another, not many. If you are there, others cannot be there. If you are there, you become a protective wall. What happens? You become part of t
—Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) Romanian-American Writer, Professor, Activist
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–81) British Head of State
Knowledge is the frontier of tomorrow.
—Denis Waitley (b.1933) American Motivational Speaker, Author
What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.
—Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian Mystic, Philosopher, Poet
To know that which before us lies in daily life, is the prime wisdom; what is more is fume, or emptiness, or fond impertinence, and renders us, in things that most concern, unpracticed and unprepared.
—John Milton (1608–74) English Poet, Civil Servant, Scholar, Debater
Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding of his subject: One can judge a building without knowing where to buy the bricks; one can understand a violin sonata without knowing how to score for the instrument. The work may in fact be better understood without a knowledge of the details of its manufacture, of attention to these tends to distract from meaning and effect.
—Jacques Barzun (b.1907) American Cultural Historian, Philosopher
There is hardly any place or any company where you may not gain knowledge, if you please; almost everybody know some one thing, and is glad to talk about that one thing.
—Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) English Statesman, Man of Letters
Wonder is the basis of worship.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
—William Cowper (1731–1800) English Anglican Poet, Hymn writer
To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
—J. Paul Getty (1892–1976) American Art Collector, Philanthropist, Businessperson
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American Head of State
Mere knowledge is comparatively worthless unless digested into practical wisdom and common sense as applied to the affairs of life.
—Tryon Edwards (1809–94) American Theologian, Author
Nothing in this life, after health and virtue, is more estimable than knowledge,—nor is there anything so easily attained, or so cheaply purchased,—the labor, only sitting still, and the expense but time, which, if we do not spend, we cannot save.
—Laurence Sterne (1713–68) Irish Anglican Novelist, Clergyman
I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics and ideologues who menace decency and progress. No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.
—Daniel J. Boorstin (1914–2004) American Historian, Academic, Attorney
The worth and value of knowledge is in proportion to the worth and value of its object.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher
There is but one bond of peace that is both permanent and enriching: the increasing knowledge of the world in which experiment occurs.
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974) American Journalist, Political Commentator
Knowledge is only potential power.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating—people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
All objects lose by too familiar a view.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
It is wise to get knowledge and learning from every source—from a sot, a pot, a fool, a winter-mitten, or an old slipper.
—Francois Rabelais (1494–1553) French Humanist, Satirist
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