The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
Although modesty is natural to man it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking knowledge which in fact we do not possess is likely to make us do much harm.
He that hath knowledge spareth his words.
The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.
Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.
Where knowledge ends religion begins.
Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom. One can find it live it be fortified by it do wonders through it but one cannot communicate and teach it.
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
Ardor n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed to kindness to knowledge we make promise only pain we obey.
The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
A civilization is a heritage of beliefs customs and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries elements difficult at times to justify by logic but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere since they open up for man his inner distance.
Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.