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Quotes About Knowledge And Power

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
John Locke

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
Chanakya

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Plato

Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
Karl Popper

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
Khalil Gibran

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.
Khalil Gibran

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.
Roger Babson

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
John Locke

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.
Isaac Asimov

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