Famous Quotes

"The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge."

Rene Descartes on Knowledge

More quotes about Knowledge

• "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."

  Albert Einstein on Knowledge

• "Information is not knowledge."

  Albert Einstein on Knowledge

• "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

  Marcus Garvey on Knowledge

• "Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be."

  Albert Einstein on Knowledge

• "Ignorance is the curse of God knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."

  William Shakespeare on Knowledge

More quotes by Rene Descartes

• "The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge."

• "I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error."

• "I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake."

• "It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well."

• "The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."