Quotes about Knowledge

The young man evidently thought it too bad that he should be laughed at for his ignorance, and then laughed at for trying to remove it. 

All true histories contain instruction.

When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!'.

He who exercises wisdom, exercises the knowledge which is about God.

Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents.

Wisdom's seat is higher; she trains not the hands, but is mistress of our minds.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

I just listen to true-crime podcasts, do some weights and pretend I know what I'm doing.

I entreat masters to live a good life and faithfully to instruct their scholars, especially that they may love God and learn to give themselves to knowledge, in order to promote His honour, the welfare of the state, and their own salvation, but not for the sake of avarice or the praise of man.

Education helps you to be a well-rounded person, period. It teaches you how to take in information and data, process it, and use it for life building. Education was key in my family. You were going to college.

My model is much deeper than looking after players. My model is understanding the industry, working within it.

I want to get my Masters in business.