Knowledge Quotations


“If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.” ~~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” ~~ Neil Armstrong

“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.” ~~ Louis Pasteur

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

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“Knowledge rests on knowledge; what is new is meaningful because it departs slightly from what was known before.” ~~ Robert Oppenheimer

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” ~~ Joseph Addison

“Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.” ~~ Samuel Johnson

“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.” ~~   Marilyn vos Savant

“His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even… knowledge, was foolproof.” ~~ J. K. Rowling in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” ~~   Groucho Marx