Knowledge Quotes

If she could no longer be called beautiful, she possessed something better-a knowledge of beauty; it’s inflated value, it’s inevitable loss.

~ Hilary Thayer Hamann

Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank.

~ Criss Jami

Of course, being brave does not mean running towards danger.

~ Janaki Sooriyarachchi

Everything worth knowing about the 1980s I learned from obsessively reading Bloom County collections when I was nine and Derek Jarman's diaries when I was twenty.

~ Ruadhán J. Mcelroy

Wenn [der Lehrer] wirklich weise ist, fordert er euch nicht auf, ins Haus seiner Weisheit einzutreten, sondern führt euch an die Schwelle eures eigenen Geistes.

~ Kahlil Gibran

Your commitment shakes the very foundation of this universe. (from The Amazing You movie)

~ Dragos Bratasanu

There is no real distinction between who can and cannot be a teacher. All that matters is that this person should have knowledge of the subject matter, empathy and compassion with others, and, above all, a great sense of humor which is the true mark of wisdom.

~ Charbel Tadros

Anyone can put a price on knowledge - schools and universities do it all the time, but no one can put a price on wisdom for it can neither be bought nor sold. It should be given and accepted with no ulterior motives.

~ Charbel Tadros

Knowledge, degrees and diplomas are not for everyone, but wisdom is. True wisdom is in being happy doing what you do best no matter how trivial it may seem as long as it is beneficial to you and to those around you.

~ Charbel Tadros

Our heart calls us one way, the mind pulls us the other way, and we do the opposite. We cannot find peace when the mind rages war against the heart, when we fight with our thoughts the pull of our love.

~ Dragos Bratasanu

True knowledge makes a man reject the wrong , by chosen what is right.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Without wisdom, a teacher is nothing more than a research paper: a knowledge filled text which is boring and has no practical use. With wisdom, a teacher is like a great novel: a text filled with knowledge, practical applications and, above all, fun.

~ Charbel Tadros

There is no real distinction between who can and cannot be a teacher. All that matters is that this person should have knowledge of the subject matter, empath and compassion with others, and, above all, a great sense of humor which is the true mark of wisdom.

~ Charbel Tadros

You see, somewhere deep within the universe is a cosmic heart that pours knowledge to those with questions. And to communicate with it, you simply have to tap into your own heart. Yet there is a catch. You cannot be sleeping. You have to be wide awake. And your heart cannot be heavy. It must be as light as a feather. And your questions cannot carry any shades of darkness; they must be as childlike as a curious and receptive student of Truth. And the answers, can be interpreted in many different ways -- depending on how much truth you have in you.

~ Suzy Kassem

You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honor trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then - to learn.

~ T.h. White

He learned that the lives of men are short and filled with pain, yet each one a priceless treasure, whether it be that of a prince or a pig-keeper. And, at the last, the book taught him that while nothing was certain, all was possible. At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, Dallben murmured. And at the end of wisdom there is not grief, but hope.

~ Lloyd Alexander

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

~ King Solomon

Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Fail soon so that you can succeed sooner.

~ Amit Kalantri

Today it is cheaper to start a business than tomorrow.

~ Amit Kalantri

I am pain stricken to say that, various “educational” institutions have adopted the medieval doctrine fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom as their motto. Let me tell you this, fear of the Lord, Santa Claus, Krishna, Thor, Hulk or any other imaginary being brings merely the illusion of wisdom, not wisdom. And illusion of wisdom is a billion times more harmful than lack of wisdom.

~ Abhijit Naskar

It takes wisdom, power and influence to be able to make a positive impact on what goes on in society and in the nation as a whole.

~ Sunday Adelaja

We ought to, as human beings, have the courage to seek a collective “truth” that benefits our species the most, and to accept that all of our doctrines and beliefs may just be incomplete. That we don’t know it all and that perhaps we never will. That others like us may have something to teach us, and we may have something to contribute to their communities. That communities, types of people, are divisions we’ve created for ourselves. That for all of what we know, the knowledge and wisdom that we have gathered in the few millennia may be a small fraction of what is there to be discovered, understood and applied.

~ Tarun Betala

I believe there are only three businesses: my business, other people's business, and God's business.

~ Tobe Hanson

It is better to seek wisdom of God than human.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I believe I will not not die a minute too early or a minute too late, but exactly when I am supposed to.

~ Tobe Hanson

If you feel anxiety or depression, you are not in the present. You are either anxiously projecting the future or depressed and stuck in the past. The only thing you have any control over is the present moment; simple breathing exercises can make us calm and present instantly.

~ Tobe Hanson

In my experience, stress is the cause of all injury and pain.

~ Tobe Hanson

Every plant, tree, and animal is a blessing and every person has a purpose for living. Courage, curiosity, and generosity produce noble spirits. Enduring life honorably results in wisdom. Knowledge passed down from one generation to the next along with humankind's tradition of performing charitable and self-sacrificing deeds creates principled legacies for future generations to emulate.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

To a farmer dirt is not a waste, it is wealth.

~ Amit Kalantri

If the farmer is rich, then so is the nation.

~ Amit Kalantri

A farmer is a magician who produces money from the mud.

~ Amit Kalantri

Those who understand will understand.

~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Who sees the many and not the one, wanders on from death to death.Even by the mind this truth is to be learned: there are not many but only one. Who sees variety and not the unity wanders on from death to death.

~ Upanishad

Networking isn't how many people you know, it's how many people know you.

~ Amit Kalantri

An entrepreneur with strong network makes money even when he is asleep.

~ Amit Kalantri

A wise person is the one who knows what he knows and what he does not know.

~ Mohith Agadi

Three things have a limited threshold:Time, pain, and death.While truth, love, and knowledge –Are boundless.

~ Suzy Kassem

...[R]eal wisdom is the property of God, and... human wisdom has little or no value.

~ Socrates

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