Knowledge Quotes

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.

In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.

When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.

Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.

There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.