From: Mohd Syahmi <msyahmi@yahoo.com>

Knowledge - Quotes

1

Knowledge itself is power.
— Francis Bacon

2

Knowledge is power, if you know the right person.
— Ethel Watts Mumford

3

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of
ignorance.
— Henry Miller

4

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without
integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
— Samuel Johnson

5

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of
ignorance.
— Robert Quillen

6

Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to
diminishing returns.
— John Maurice Clark

7

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.
— John F. Kennedy

8

We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge doubt
increases.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

9

Just in ratio as knowledge increases, faith diminishes.
— Thomas Carlyle

10

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow
wherever that search may lead us.  The free mind is no barking dog to
be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
— Adlai E. Stevenson

11

The acquisition of knowledge is the mission of research, the
transmission of knowledge is the mission of teaching, and the
application of knowledge is the mission of public service.
— James A. Perkins

12

The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one great thing.
— Archilochus, seventh century B.C.

13

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference
between taking one’s work seriously and taking one’s self seriously.
The first is imperative and second is disastrous.
— Margot Fonteyn

14

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance—it is the illusion
of knowledge.
— Daniel J. Boorstin

15

Knowing others is wisdom.  Knowing the self is enlightenment.
— Lao-tzu

16

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
— William Blake

17

Knowledge is of two kinds.  We know a subject ourselves, or we know
where we can find information upon it.
— Samuel Johnson

18

Knowledge which is obtained under compulsion obtains no hold on the
mind.
— Plato

19

Tim was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so
ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
— Benjamin Franklin

20

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
— Thomas Henry Huxley

21

Reality is a collective hunch.
— Mel Seesholtz

Sayings

1

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 a student; 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.
— Asian proverb

2

Regardless of how rich you are, wisdom has to be acquired on the
installment plan.

3

What you don’t know can hurt you.

4

He that knows little soon repeats it.

5

If you don’t know, ask.

6

We know so many things that aren’t so.

7

No one is without knowledge except him who asks no questions.
— West African saying

8

Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.
— West African saying

Jokes

1

You may lead an ass to knowledge but you cannot make him think.
— Ethel Watts Mumford

2

Never pride yourself on knowledge.  Remember, even a head of iceberg
lettuce knows more than you do.  It knows whether or not that light
really does go out when the refrigerator door shuts.

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