Quotes on Knowledge and Wisdom

1. Learn at least this:
What you are
capable of.
Let nothing stand in
your way.
- Tony Kushner -

2. Wisdom is the
supreme part of
happiness.
- Sophocles -

3. Knowledge is indivisible.
When people grow wise in
one direction, they are
sure to make it easier for
themselves to grow in other
directions as well.
- Isaac Asimov -

4. The true delight is in
the finding out, rather
than the knowing.
- Isaac Asimov -

5. A mind that is
stretched by a new
idea never returns to
its original dimension.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes -

6. There is no
purification in
this world equal
to wisdom.
- from Bhagavad Gita -

7. The ink of
the scholar
is more
sacred than
the blood of
the martyr.
- Muhammad -

8. The brain is like a muscle.
When it is in use we feel very
good.
Understanding is joyous.
- Carl Sagan -

9. Nothing in life is to be
feared. It is only to be
understood.
- Marie Curie -

10. The beginning of
knowledge is the
discovery of
something we do
not understand.
- Frank Herbert -

11. Knowledge speaks,
but
wisdom listens.
- Naguib Mahfouz -

12. You can tell whether a
man is clever by his
answers. You can tell
whether a man is wise
by his questions.
- Naguib Mahfouz -