Quotes about Knowledge
There is in every village a torch - the teacher; and an extinguisher - the priest.
— Victor Hugo
What do I consider a teacher should be? One who breathes life into knowledge so that it takes new form in progress and civilization.
— Helen Keller
It is only the ignorant who despise education.
— Publilius Syrus
He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.
— Samuel Johnson
Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.
— Confucius
Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Don't be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing.
— Sonia Sotomayor
To be a teacher in the right sense is to be a learner. I am not a teacher, only a fellow student.
— Soren Kierkegaard
If you don't let a teacher know what level you are -- by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance -- you will not learn or grow
— Stephen Covey
Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally. A direct knowledge of the Teacher began for the disciples.
— Pope Benedict XVI
A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Maybe they feared that a knowledge of languages would expose me too to the blandishments of Europe, that wonderful, murderous continent.
— Amos Oz