Quotes about Knowledge

All knowledge measured, first and last, by one's allegiance to the teacher.

I needed no snake to tell me I didn't belong in that family or house, or life. I was the tree of knowledge.

I'll lead you to the river of knowledge. You can catch your own damn fish.

He reads next to nothing. It might interfere with his knowledge of the universe.

There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

The person who doesn't read is no better off than the person who can't read.

If you don't let a teacher know at what level you are—by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance—you will not learn or grow. You cannot pretend for long, for you will eventually be found out. Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education. Thoreau taught, "How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?

Principles are not values. A gang of thieves can share values, but they are in violation of the fundamental principles we're talking about. Principles are the territory. Values are maps. When we value correct principles, we have truth—a knowledge of things as they are.

Remember, to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.

Principles are the territory. Values are maps. When we value correct principles, we have truth—a knowledge of things as they are.

The purpose of teaching is learning and learning is changed behavior.

Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do. In order to make something a habit in our lives, we have to have all three.