It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is to be educated.
— Edith Hamilton
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
— Carl Friedrich Gauss
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
— Confucius
Knowledge of means without knowledge of ends is animal training.
— Steve Martin
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
— Marilyn vos Savant
Knowledge is our ultimate good.
— Socrates
Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
— Albert Einstein
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid
— John Wayne
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.