The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.
The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been treated by any other science.
A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows.
Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.
Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine.
Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon itself.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.
To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the development and application of knowledge and skills.
Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man.
The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness.
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.
But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation.
