Knowledge Quotes

The fundamental constitution of existence might be such that one succumbed by a full knowledge of it—so that the strength of a mind might be measured by the amount of “truth” it could endure—or to speak more plainly, by the extent to which it required truth attenuated, veiled, sweetened, damped, and falsified.

The bulk of the world’s knowledge is an imaginary construction.

The beginning of religion, more precisely its content, is the concept of religion itself, that God is the absolute truth, the truth of all things, and subjectively that religion alone is the absolutely true knoweldge.

That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it.

So long as we do not depend on the facts entirely, incomplete knowledge is better than complete ignorance.

Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker.

Our treasure is there, where stand the hives of our knowledge.

Optimum knowledge in the being mode is to know more deeply. In the having mode it is to have more knowledge.

One knows so little. When one knows more, it is too late.

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow.

Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge at all. because if you’re guessing and it doesn’t work out you can just say, shit, the gods are against me. but if you know and don’t do, you’ve got attics and dark halls in your mind to walk up and down in and wonder about. this ain’t healthy, leads to unpleasant evenings, too much to drink and the shredding machine.