No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent. 647
If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost. 614
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion. 602
If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality. 675
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. 1.8K
To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm. 580
The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. 748
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged. 681
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. 685
Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control. 2.58K
Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all. 840
Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within. 646
Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility. 645
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions. 651
