One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises. 1.79K
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. 2K
The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. 561
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. 537
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. 501
To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. 988
It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters. 1.97K
No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. 1.12K
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. 1.25K