Pastoral Resources

A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.

For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete.

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

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

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

Well, I tell young people to be successful today that, first of all, that what you learn today directly impacts what you earn tomorrow. This is a knowledge-based economy.

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge - that is everywhere.

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.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

And I'm walking along and we're laughing, kidding, joking, and see he understood the leader, the one we called the leader, had some knowledge of English, although limited.

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance.

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.

It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.