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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch
The more you know, the less you understand.
Lao Tzu
The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me.
Meister Eckhart
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
Anaïs Nin
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Oscar Wilde
Knowledge is power, but it is power for evil just as much as for good.
John Dalberg-Acton
The pursuit of knowledge is like a dangerous journey on a steep mountain; one may fall at any time.
Confucius
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Plato
The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.
Terry Pratchett
Knowledge can be a curse, the moment we start to think we know it all, we stop learning.
Amit Ray
The price of knowledge is eternal vigilance.
Desiderius Erasmus
The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.
John F. Kennedy
The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Knowledge is power, but it is a power that must be controlled.
Joyce Meyer
The pursuit of knowledge is always at the peril of ignorance.
Richard Dawkins
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Ronald Reagan
The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.
Bill Gates
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.
Albert Einstein
Knowledge is power, but wisdom is the ability to use that power for the greater good.
Jay Shetty
The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.
Aristotle
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Isaac Asimov
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
Benjamin Disraeli
Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
Veronica Roth
Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.
Terry Goodkind
The pursuit of knowledge is a dangerous and unending journey.
Mary Shelley
The man who knows everything and who never dies would be a terrible tyrant.
Isaac Asimov
The desire for control and power over others is the root of much evil in the world.
Unknown
The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know - the less you know, the more you think you know.
David T. Freeman
The most dangerous thing in the world is the sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Knowledge can be a curse, the moment we start to think we have it all figured out, we're in trouble.
Oscar Isaac
The man who acquires knowledge without self-control, like the unbridled horse, becomes a danger to society.
Abdul Kalam
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
William James
The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.
Theodore Roosevelt
Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
Guinean Proverb
The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda.
Michael Crichton
The only thing we know for sure is that we know nothing at all.
Plato
Knowledge is a dangerous thing, but ignorance is no protection.
C.J. Cherryh
The more you know, the more you realize you know nothing.
Socrates
Knowledge is power, but it is also a curse.
Carl Sagan
The fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all.
J.K. Rowling
The pursuit of knowledge is always at the risk of self-destruction.
Will Durant
Knowledge can be a dangerous thing if it is not tempered by wisdom.
Unknown
The unknown is always more frightening than the known.
Stephen King
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
Edmund Burke
The more we know, the more we realize how much we don't know.
Anonymous
The more we learn, the more we discover how much we have yet to learn.
Anonymous
The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious, one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
James Baldwin
The danger of knowledge is that it can lead to arrogance, and arrogance can lead to ignorance.
Anonymous
The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know - the less certain you become.
Bertrand Russell
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
Bertrand Russell
The more you know, the less certain you become.
Anonymous
The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
Aristotle
The more you know, the more you realize how little you know.
Anonymous
With great power comes great responsibility.
Voltaire
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
Stephen Hawking
The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know.
Aristotle
Knowledge can be a curse, the moment we start to think we know everything, we stop learning.
Unknown
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates
Information is not knowledge.
Albert Einstein
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
Anais Nin
The more you know, the more you fear.
Unknown
Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.
Plato
Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
Cicero
The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.
Albert Einstein
Ignorance is not bliss, it is the kiss of death.
Unknown
The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about.
Unknown
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
Daniel J. Boorstin
The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.
Albert Einstein
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