You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.Quote by William Blake about knowledge
Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.Quote by Dante Alighieri about knowledge
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge
Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge
That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge
There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge
To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance.Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge
Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.Quote by Irving Babbitt about knowledge
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.Quote by Irving Babbitt about knowledge
What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught now, and I'd like to help impart that knowledge to a new generation of players.Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about knowledge
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall, the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.Quote by Francis Bacon about knowledge
There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.Quote by Pearl Bailey about knowledge