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Knowledge And Wisdom Quotes

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
William Penn

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
Robert Fulghum

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.
Immanuel Kant

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.
Ruben Blades

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.
Thomas Jefferson

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
Plutarch

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?
Maria Montessori

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Isaac Asimov

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
Henry Ford

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