At each increase of knowledge as well as on the contrivance of every new tool human labour becomes abridged.

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.

The desire of knowledge like the thirst of riches increases ever with the acquisition of it.

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first our own increase of knowledge secondly to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

Mistakes are after all the foundations of truth and if a man does not know what a thing is it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate and in circulating it can increase in quantity and hopefully in value.

Knowledge has to be improved challenged and increased constantly or it vanishes.

We know accurately only when we know little with knowledge doubt increases.

As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest sensibilities of the soul.

But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence.

The original PATRIOT Act greatly increased our nation's ability to share intelligence information made better use of technology and provided terrorism investigators tools that have long been available in cases involving illegal drugs and organized crime.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

As knowledge increases wonder deepens.

Increased revenues meaning higher taxes will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan and President Obama is right to insist that the wealthy - the slice of America that has come through the recession in by far the best financial health - should provide those funds.

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.