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Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Knowledge'

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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
William Penn, English Leader (1644-1718)
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
William Penn, English Leader (1644-1718)
My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.
Sonny Perdue, American Politician (1946-  )
Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
Pericles, Greek Statesman
Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
Wendell Phillips, American Activist (1811-1884)
This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of human knowledge.
Jean Piaget, Swiss Psychologist (1896-1980)
To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active.
Jean Piaget, Swiss Psychologist (1896-1980)
It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.
Jean Piaget, Swiss Psychologist (1896-1980)
In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact.
Jean Piaget, Swiss Psychologist (1896-1980)
Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher.
Jean Piaget, Swiss Psychologist (1896-1980)
Scientific knowledge is in perpetual evolution; it finds itself changed from one day to the next.
Jean Piaget, Swiss Psychologist (1896-1980)
The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly.
Jean Piaget, Swiss Psychologist (1896-1980)
Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.
Francis Picabia, French Artist (1878-1953)
This required the development of a view which allowed one to integrate research with belief, thing with person, fact with aesthetics, knowledge with application of knowledge.
Kenneth L. Pike, American Sociologist (1912-2000)
You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not?
Zebulon Pike, American Soldier (1779-1813)
Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view.
Max Planck, German Scientist (1858-1947)
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
Plato, Greek Philosopher
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
Plato, Greek Philosopher
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Plato, Greek Philosopher
Knowledge is true opinion.
Plato, Greek Philosopher
 
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