Top 1200 Common Knowledge Quotes & Sayings - Page 7

Knowledge is power, and for each level of knowledge, you are held responsible for how you use it.

Knowledge signifies things known. Where there are no things known, there is no knowledge. Where there are no things to be known, there can be no knowledge. We have observed that every science, that is, every branch of knowledge, is compounded of certain facts, of which our sensations furnish the evidence. Where no such evidence is supplied, we are without data; we are without first premises; and when, without these, we attempt to build up a science, we do as those who raise edifices without foundations. And what do such builders construct? Castles in the air.

The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage. If knowledge is real and genuine, I do not believe that it is other than a very valuable posession, however infinitesimal its quantity may be. Indeed, if a little knowledge is dangerous, where is a man who has so much as to be out of danger?

Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by sense?

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.

Common sense meant once something very different from that plain wisdom, the common heritage of men, which we now call by this name.

Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.

From inability to let well alone; from too much zeal for the new and contempt for what is old; from putting knowledge before wisdom, science before art and cleverness before common sense; from treating patients as cases; and from making the cure of the disease more grievous than the endurance of the same, Good Lord, deliver us.

Knowledge does not corrupt, unless it is arrogant; but then it is not true knowledge.

Knowledge is one thing. We're awash in knowledge. Wisdom is rare. There's a big difference.

Knowledge is real knowledge only when it is acquired by the efforts of your intellect, not by memory

There is oftentimes a great deal of knowledge where there is but little wisdom to improve that knowledge. It is not the most knowing Christian but the most wise Christian that sees, avoids, and escapes Satan's snares. Knowledge without wisdom is like mettle in a blind horse, which is often an occasion of the rider's fall.

Knowledge does away with darkness, [anxiety], and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is.

Superficial knowledge breeds arrogance; true knowledge induces humility.

It is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain. It is not even the distribution of knowledge. It is the interconnectedness.

I remember when MySpace came out. It did do something pretty incredible - which was unite people around the world with common interests and common tastes.

In a world of commoditized knowledge, the returns go to the companies who can produce non-standard knowledge.

Knowledge is the antidote to fear,- Knowledge, Use and Reason, with its higher aids.

Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves.

A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other world, as evil spirits will have more knowledge, and consequently more power.

Fear is bred from ignorance. So knowledge is a weapon against it, and reason is the tool of knowledge.

True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does.

The problem with the common person is that he is so unbearably common!

There now exists a factor which was formerly lacking - the spirit of the nation has been aroused, and a common misfortune, a common debasement, has united all the inhabitants of the Islands.

Common sense is not always common practice.

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.

Welcome to the brave new world of American multiculturalism. From a nation of diverse peoples united by a common culture, we have become a people divided by a common malady.

This is American leadership at its best: We stand with people who fight for their own freedom, and we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity.

Is then thy knowledge of no value, unless another know that thou possessest that knowledge?

As to the euro zone avant-garde, it must go towards more solidarity and integration: a common budget, a common borrowing capability, and fiscal convergence.

Mathematics is often erroneously referred to as the science of common sense. Actually, it may transcend common sense and go beyond either imagination or intuition. It has become a very strange and perhaps frightening subject from the ordinary point of view, but anyone who penetrates into it will find a veritable fairyland, a fairyland which is strange, but makes sense, if not common sense.

The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.

It is clear, then, that wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles and causes. But now, since it is this knowledge that we are seeking, we must consider the following point: of what kind of principles and of what kind of causes is wisdom the knowledge?

As Harvard historian of science Peter Galison has demonstrated, the universe of classified knowledge now far exceeds the universe of unclassified knowledge. That's a staggering thought. There is far more classified knowledge in the world than unclassified. And that disparity grows all the time.

Knowledge is rarely enough to spark change; it takes emotion to bring knowledge to a boil.

Hasn't knowledge only crippled me from seeing truth? Is knowledge itself illusory?

There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally.

Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.

I think in the NFL knowledge is power, and you try to get the knowledge by whatever means.

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.

The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill.

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.

I know Barack Obama. And I believe that as president, he'll pursue the common good by seeking common ground rather than trying to divide us.

Common sense needs to be more common.

Knowledge of life brings confidence, and Knowledge of death makes you fearless and centred.

True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.

I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe, it is both possible and, more importantly, it becomes powerful to come together in common purpose and common effort.

Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.

People knowledge is much more important than mere product knowledge.

The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.

People who are very aware that they have more knowledge than the average person are often very unaware that they do not have one-tenth of the knowledge of all of the average persons put together. In this situation, for the intelligentsia to impose their notions on ordinary people is essentially to impose ignorance on knowledge.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

We find that one of the most rewarding features of being scientists these days ... is the common bond which the search for truth provides to scholars of many tongues and many heritages. In the long run, that spirit will inevitably have a constructive effect on the benefits which man can derive from knowledge of himself and his environment.

Knowledge doesn't really form part of human nature. Conflict, combat, the outcome of the combat, and, consequently, risk and chance are what gives rise to knowledge. Knowledge is not instinctive; it is counter instinctive, just as it is not natural but counter natural.

Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.

What kind of people do we wish to become, and how do we know an American when we see one? Is it possible to pursue a common purpose without a common history or a standard text?

Intuitive design happens when current knowledge is the same as the target knowledge.