The improvement of the understanding is for two ends: first for our own increase of knowledge; secondly to enable us to deliver and make out that knowledge to others.
Knowledge cannot be stolen from us. It cannot be bought or sold. We may be poor and the sheriff may come and sell our furniture or drive away our cow or take our pet lamb and leave us homeless and penniless; but he cannot lay the laws hand upon the jewelry of our minds.
He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool. Shun him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not is simple. Teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep. Wake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is wise. Follow him.
… knowledge emerges in (humans). Opposed to knowledge is the spirit. The spirit is formless and is incomprehensible to mundane thoughts…. Knowledge is active mischievous and intelligent. It changes constantly. Spirit on the other hand is the master of humankind. Its origin is in wu-chi…. It is never born and it never dies. The spirit tends toward purity and stillness. Knowledge tends toward action and disturbs the mind so that it cannot be still…. Recognize the difference between the human mind and the mind of Tao. Do not mistake the human mind for the mind of Tao and knowledge for the spirit.’08-02-2010
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life and the fear of death and blind faith but through striving after rational knowledge.
I am only one But still I am one. I cannot do everything But still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something I can do.
Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom. One can find it live it be fortified by it do wonders through it but one cannot communicate and teach it.
Knowledge is happiness because to have knowledge broad deep knowledge is to know true ends from false and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man?s progress is to feel the great heart-throbs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life.
What men need is as much knowledge as they can organize for action; give them more and it may become injurious. Some men are heavy and stupid from undigested learning.
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is like one who ploughs a field but does not sow it.
If knowledge can create problems it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
… knowledge is hidden by selfish desire hidden by this unquenchable fire for self-satisfaction.
One part of knowledge consists in being ignorant of such things as are not worthy to be known.
We can be knowledgeable with other mens knowledge But we cannot be wise with other mens wisdom.
The more extensive a mans knowledge of what has been done the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
If you have knowledge let others light their candles At it.
Thought is the wind knowledge the sail And mankind the vessel.
Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire which must first be kindled by some external agent But which will afterwards propagate itself.
The improvement of the understanding is for two ends: first for our own increase of knowledge; secondly to enable us to deliver and make out that knowledge to others.
The first and wisest of them all professed To know this only that he nothing knew.
Knowledge is power if you know about the right person.
Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.
Knowledge is the only fountain both of the love and the principles of human liberty.
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
They know enough who know how to learn.
Knowledge itself is power. Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.
Theres a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.
I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man.
Through the mythology of Einstein the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula.
Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns.
Knowledge cannot be stolen from us. It cannot be bought or sold. We may be poor and the sheriff may come and sell our furniture or drive away our cow or take our pet lamb and leave us homeless and penniless; but he cannot lay the laws hand upon the jewelry of our minds.
He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool. Shun him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not is simple. Teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep. Wake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is wise. Follow him.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
… knowledge emerges in (humans). Opposed to knowledge is the spirit. The spirit is formless and is incomprehensible to mundane thoughts…. Knowledge is active mischievous and intelligent. It changes constantly. Spirit on the other hand is the master of humankind. Its origin is in wu-chi…. It is never born and it never dies. The spirit tends toward purity and stillness. Knowledge tends toward action and disturbs the mind so that it cannot be still…. Recognize the difference between the human mind and the mind of Tao. Do not mistake the human mind for the mind of Tao and knowledge for the spirit.’08-02-2010
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life and the fear of death and blind faith but through striving after rational knowledge.
To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.
Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.
It is not enough to have knowledge one must also apply it. It is not enough to have wishes one must also accomplish.
I am only one But still I am one. I cannot do everything But still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something I can do.
Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom. One can find it live it be fortified by it do wonders through it but one cannot communicate and teach it.
Universities are full of knowledge; the freshmen bring a little in and the seniors take none away and knowledge accumulates.
Knowledge is happiness because to have knowledge broad deep knowledge is to know true ends from false and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man?s progress is to feel the great heart-throbs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life.
Knowledge and timber shouldnt be much used till they are seasoned.
What men need is as much knowledge as they can organize for action; give them more and it may become injurious. Some men are heavy and stupid from undigested learning.
Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine.
Although I am a pious man I am not the less a man.
We can be knowledgable with other mens knowledge but we cannot be wise with other mens wisdom.
As knowledge increases wonder deepens.
Every extension of knowledge arises from making the conscious the unconscious.
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
Knowledge without know-how is sterile. We use the word academic in a pejorative sense to identify this limitation.
Each excellent thing once learned serves for a measure of all other knowledge.