Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [321-340] of 362 Knowledge quotesKnowledge QuotesKnowledge Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.~ Philip Dormer Stanhope Man is the only kind of varmint that sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.~ John Steinbeck The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.~ Saul Steinberg If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God is identified with the unknowable, and theology is pronounced to be a collection of meaningless words about unintelligible chimeras, then I have no doubt, and I think few people doubt, that atheists are as plentiful as blackberries.~ Leslie Stephen If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow it wherever the search may lead us.~ Adlai E. Stevenson II A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.~ Joseph Story Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.~ Justice Joseph Story Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.~ Alfred Lord Tennyson To be awake is to be alive.~ Henry David Thoreau There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.~ Henry David Thoreau I do not believe there are more than a very limited number of persons, perhaps a hundred who really know what is in the Constitution of the United States.~ Dr. John J. Tigert The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.~ Alvin Toffler I know that most men -- not only those considered clever, but even those who are very clever and capable of understanding most difficult scientific, mathematical, or philosophic, problems -- can seldom discern even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as obliges them to admit the falsity of conclusions they have formed, perhaps with much difficulty -- conclusions of which they are proud, which they have taught to others, and on which they have built their lives.~ Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.~ Mark Twain When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.~ Mark Twain Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.~ Mark Twain God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.~ Mark Twain A classic is a book which people praise and don't read.~ Mark Twain If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.~ Sun Tzu An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates, is not worth having and a society whose ideas are never explored for possible error may eventually find its foundations insecure.~ Mark Van Doren Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print