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Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.
Jose Marti on knowledge

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only pain we obey.
Marcel Proust on knowledge

The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah.
Abu Bakr on knowledge

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
Ambrose Bierce on knowledge

Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
Ambrose Bierce on knowledge

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld on knowledge

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on knowledge

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
Marilu Henner on knowledge

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.
Samuel Johnson on knowledge

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
Charles Morgan on knowledge

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
Orison Swett Marden on knowledge

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
Mao Zedong on knowledge

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.
Hermann Hesse on knowledge

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
Benjamin Disraeli on knowledge

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.
Blaise Pascal on knowledge

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.
Blaise Pascal on knowledge

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
Thomas Huxley on knowledge

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
Benjamin Disraeli on knowledge

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.
Thomas Sowell on knowledge

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Francis Bacon on knowledge