Quotes about Knowledge

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.

An expenditure of words without income of ideas will lead to intellectual bankruptcy.

I remember from my school days Archimedes jumping into his bath and displacing water and coming up with his famous principle, and of course Isaac Newton being hit on the head with an apple. In other words, this realm of human knowledge - which is mathematical, essentially - can have a playful visual element to it.

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it. Every day, parents and teachers ask me, 'How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?' The honest answer is, I don't know.

As a child of God, your destiny, if you work hard enough and are faithful, is to become like Him. That means that there is nothing that is true that you cannot learn, because He knows all truth.

Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed.