Famous Quotes About knowledge

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.

In the Atlantean period there were many energies being used and information and knowledge being used which were, for particular reasons of safety, withdrawn, shall we say, to prevent complete catastrophe, to prevent total destruction of your planet.

Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.

Knowledge is generally considered a good thing so, presumably, knowing more about how the U.S. thinks and operates around the world is also good.

You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.

I respect knowledge of the psyche. I would be a therapist if I weren't an entertainer.