There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature reflection and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination.
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.
The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
Although modesty is natural to man it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking knowledge which in fact we do not possess is likely to make us do much harm.
He that hath knowledge spareth his words.
The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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.
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.
Where knowledge ends religion begins.
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.