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Thoughts And Quotes On Knowledge

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Albert Einstein
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
Bertrand Russell
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
Terry Pratchett
This life that has been given to us as a gift, as such a precious gift. To really try to understand it, really try to recognize it, is the greatest meditation. Through the media of this Knowledge we can tap into our inner sources that are so beautiful.
Prem Rawat
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Brian Tracy
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Marilyn vos Savant
To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.
Nicolaus Copernicus
To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.
Confucius
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
Socrates
Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.
Peter Drucker
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