Knowledge Quotes

"As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information." ~ Endymion by Benjamin Disraeli Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our own mind. ~ The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli "A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get." ~ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Signs are small measurable things, but interpretations are illimitable, and in girls of sweet, ardent nature, every sign is apt to conjure up wonder, hope, belief, vast as a sky, and colored by a diffused thimbleful of matter in the shape of knowledge. ~ Middlemarch by George Eliot His knowledge was greater than his wisdom, and his powers were far superior to his character. ~ The Leather Funnel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used, till they are seasoned. ~ The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Knowledge--it excites prejudices to call it science--is advancing as irresistibly, as majestically, as remorselessly as the ocean moves in upon the shore. ~ The Poet at the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. I am never afraid of what I know. ~ Black Beauty by Anna Sewell To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. ~ Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli Science explained people, but could not understand them. After long centuries among the bones and muscles it might be advancing to knowledge of the nerves, but this would never give understanding. ~ Howards End by E. M. Forster