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“Most Christians know next to nothing about the life and teachings of Christ and are afraid to learn, sensing that the knowledge will upset their preconceptions.”
Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sun of Helioscope", in Castle of the Otter (1982), Reprinted in Gene Wolfe, Castle of Days (1992)
“Today's secularists too often have very little accurate knowledge about religion, and even less desire to learn. This is problematic insofar as their sense of self is constructed in opposition to religion. Above all, the secularist is not a Jew, is not a Christian, not a Muslim, and so on. But is it intellectually responsible to define one's identity against something that one does not understand?”
Jacques Berlinerblau (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While nearly all of us use the Internet to fact check, learn about topics and read the news, some of us contribute more than others to the knowledge pool. Adrianne Wadewitz was one such woman.”
Adrianne Wadewitz (1977–2014) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Brandt, Shane (April 22, 2014). "Wikipedia editor dies, leaving behind appreciative students". The Daily Cougar (Houston, Texas: thedailycougar.com; University of Houston).
“Our goal should not be to borrow from elsewhere, but to search among our own cultural resources, perhaps even in modern science and industrialism, for ways to restore art to the status it has always held in traditional societies as a form of knowledge. ...art adds to what we learn from any combination of physics, biology, geology, and chemistry. It tells us the world is... deserving of reverence.”
Theodore Roszak (scholar) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: with Betty Roszak, "Deep Form in Art and Nature" Alexandria 4, Vol.4 The Order of Beauty and Nature (1997) ed. David Fideler
“The non-Christian can put no question which is not necessarily that of the Christian dogmatician as well. ... In solidarity with the non-Christian, he has no prior knowledge. He must begin from the very beginning with no presupposed consciousness of God. He must learn to spell out the message which comes to him as to every man.”
Helmut Gollwitzer (1908–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Schools everywhere have always confined themselves to making students learn techniques and write essays, while proscribing treading for pleasure. It seems to be established in perpetuity, in every part of the world, that enjoyment has no part to play in the curriculum, and that knowledge can only be the fruit of suffering.”
Daniel Pennac (born 1944) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Rights of the Reader (2008 translation by Sarah Adams)
“The future [...] looks bright, if only we learn to accept the spontaneous character of the underlying public discourse without venturing to “show it the way” and without succumbing to still another pretense of knowledge.”
Karen Horn (born 1966) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Market Like Any Other: Against the Double Standard in Judging the Media", The Independent Review (Summer 2007)
“The university is a space for would-be adults to explore new ideas, to expand their knowledge, to interrogate power, to learn how to make an argument. A space within which students can be challenged, even upset or shocked or made angry.”
Kenan Malik (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Above all, it is necessary to recognize that knowledge cannot be pumped into human beings the way grease is forced into a machine. The individual may learn; he is not taught.”
Douglas McGregor (1906–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 211 (p. 289 in 2006 edition)
“Innovation plans, by contrast, are loaded with assumptions. Sure, some hard facts are available, but more is unknown than known. The past is no longer precedent. Thus, the innovator's job cannot be to deliver a proven result; it must be to discover what is possible, that is, to learn, by converting assumptions into knowledge as quickly and inexpensively as possible.”
Vijay Govindarajan (born 1949) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble (2013), The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge. p. 18
“The persons who are interested in the life of ancient polymaths, devote their life to learn and innovate in sciences, arts, and the transfer of their knowledge to the Iranians and the other nations.”
Taraneh Javanbakht (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The peasant will be told what the Church has destroyed for them: the whole of the secret knowledge of nature, of the divine, the shapeless, the daemonic. The peasant will learn to hate the Church on that basis… We shall wash off the Christian veneer and bring out a religion particular to our race.”
Hermann Rauschning (1887–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The labourer's lad ... might learn his catechism; that, and things similar to it, was the right, proper, and suitable knowledge for such as he; he would be the more likely to stay contentedly in his place to the end of his working days.”
Joseph Arch (1826–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So long as one's perceptions are restricted to sensuous experiences, one's knowledge will be proportionately small; to become truly wise, one must burst the bonds of illusion, tear away the curtain of MAYA, break the chains of passion, learn the self and put it in command of our consciousness and our actions.”
Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907) said by 1907 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Before the lower 'occult powers' of any kind are cultivated, man must learn the first lesson of the Higher Occultism, the mystic knowledge, which is to control himself; and all powers that later he gains must be laid on the altar of impersonal service - on the altar of service to mankind.”
Gottfried de Purucker (1874–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To be a scientist is to learn to live all one's life with questions that will never be answered, with the knowledge that one was too early or too late, with the anguish of not having been able to guess at the solution that, once presented, seems so obvious that one can only curse oneself for not seeing what one ought to have, if only one had looked in a slightly different direction.”
Hanya Yanagihara (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There might be spiders,” said Jacqueline. She wrinkled her nose, less out of actual distaste and more out of the knowledge that she was supposed to find spiders distasteful. She really found them rather endearing. They are sleek and clean and elegant, and when their webs got messed up, they ripped them down and started over again. People could learn a lot from spiders.”
Seanan McGuire (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You don’t have to know everything for you to embark on a task; you can take up the role, learn on the job, and seek knowledge, support, and advice from those around you. That is what I did.”
Jennifer Riria (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sustain us and help us to grow in knowledge and in Wisdom, to learn from Your Word and to abide in Your Truth.”
Peter Deunov (1864–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wabunong—the East—is the direction of knowledge. We send gratitude to the East for the chance to learn every day, to start anew.”
Robin Wall Kimmerer (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An MBA is truly a transformational experience. You learn so much about yourself, you gain business knowledge, and you make invaluable and lasting friendships. I would encourage more women to think about doing an MBA.”
Dianne Bevelander (1959–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Within these walls, you are able to learn new skills, take on new knowledge and try out some new experiments, take up some platforms, speak, think, engage and form relationships, network and then go out and make your mark.”
Aize Obayan (1960–2019) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Prof Obayan speak on university and its benefits in 2018.
“I try to understand how adults in Africa learn to live in harmony with the parasite responsible for malaria, such that infections do not make them ill. This knowledge could help us design vaccines that would protect children, who can die as a result of a malaria infection.”
Faith Osier (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No single person has monopoly over knowledge, hence it is in my own interest to keep an open mind. To learn from the newborn baby and also from the aged woman on her death bed; from the billionaire and also from the street hawker.”
Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You do not need absolute clarity or certainty to take the next step. More important is faith. New ground is broken by people willing to act without full knowledge or certainty, knowing that what matters most is the willingness to press forward, learn fast and adapt.”
Babajide Sanwo-olu (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t be afraid to go for positions, jobs or take on clients just outside of your knowledge base. It’s when you’re uncomfortable that you learn and grow the most.”
Barbara Corcoran (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A researcher who is willing to learn how to “stand with” a community of subjects is willing to be altered, to revise her stakes in the knowledge to be produced.”
Kim TallBear (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The bad thing about us (Nigerians) is that, once we perceive any opportunity, business or profession as lucrative, everybody wants to go into it, whether or not they have the experience, training or the knowledge about it. I always tell them that if you don’t learn it properly, you can’t know it.’”
Adebayo Salami (born 1952) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What I told my children on polygamy —Oga Bello. Nigerian Tribune, 28 October 2018
“...we don’t need to go outside to learn, if we come together in our diversity, institution diversity, religious diversity, cultural diversity, national diversity, social diversity, cultural diversity, if we come together in our diversity, all the knowledge we need is within, is between us”
Azza Karam (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It has been fascinating creating and teaching a new course. I learn far more than I teach… Teaching has its own challenges. Trying to pass on to others the knowledge, skills, and techniques necessary to an understanding of a particular area of the law is itself an education. And there is always the pleasure when you see that a student understands the point you are trying to make.”
Michelle Gordon (born 1964) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tarang Chawla, "Be Yourself": The Hon Michelle Gordon's Rise to the High Court, 13 June 2015.
“In my view, the task of the scholar is to learn, to criticize, and, wherever possible, to add to the store of valid knowledge.”
Paul Oskar Kristeller (1905–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The research shows that juniors don’t know anything special about AI: they use it first, but they don’t learn specialized knowledge from using it.”
Ethan Mollick (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“if European scholars and historians are truthfully interested in the pursuit of knowledge, they will learn Marathi and read my books.”
Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade (1863–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in Remembering Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade: The Maharashtra Historian Extraordinaire 03 Nov 2021
“As an experience, you can’t beat that. I’m also excited to be able to take what I learn here back home into the national squad and impart my knowledge to help South African women’s rugby continue to grow. Giving back is always one of the reasons why I do what I do and why I play rugby.”
Micke Günter (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I ask people why they learn German, they say that it is for their knowledge. So, if you are giving so much respect to languages of other countries that you might not even visit, why don’t you respect the language of the deaf people who surround you in your own country.”
Ramya Miryala wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are more opportunities in the game and not just coaching but if they want to be coaches, they have to be tough and very focused because we are in a man’s world. They need to widen their knowledge space, learn and acquire more understanding about the game and I feel they can overcome any challenge that comes their way.”
Anita Wiredu-Minta (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm glad, because since I gather knowledge more experientially, I get what I learn from him because he's theoretical.”
Ice Seguerra (born 1983) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: WATCH: Ice Seguerra gets candid on songwriting fears, working dynamics with partner Liza Diño, Nikka Sabio, Push Team 1 September 2025.
“Arriving in the States, I had the feeling of being thrown into an ocean. The ocean was full of knowledge, culture and opportunities, and the choice was clear: I could either learn to swim or sink.”
Ahmed Zewail (1946–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is not a secondary school where people learn,pass exams and go.It is a university where students exchange ideas, conduct research and usher in new knowledge that benefits society and the globe.”
Nelson Sewankambo (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“: Believe me, colonel, you have an immense pleasure to come; and when you shall have seen the brilliant exhibitions of Europe, you will learn to despise the amusements of this country as much as I do. : Therefore I do not wish to see them; for I can never esteem that knowledge valuable, which tends to give me a distaste for my native country.”
Royall Tyler (1757–1826) first seen 1790 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Contrast, a Comedy; in Five Acts (Philadelphia: press of Prichard & Hall, 1790), act 4, sc. 1 (p. 59)
“We soon got settled in and thus began my first lesson in filmmaking. I assumed after the class, I would know everything I wanted to, but acquiring knowledge doesn’t work that way. You need to learn, meditate and apply over time before anything can become a part of your neurology.”
Stanlee Ohikhuare wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Like every dreamer, I started chasing mine. I started reading on film literature and I was exposed to both local and international films training. The knowledge gained made me eager to want to learn and practice more of new learned skills.”
Jessie Chisi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“You think: you become that thought. And consciousness, or the state of pure awareness, is lost. The highest knowledge man can possess is that which is true in his own experience. If his experience is limited, so is his knowledge and he behaves accordingly.”
Barry Long (1926–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I also think that everyone has an elitist approach to his own art, a complex knowledge of it, whether he is a clockmaker or an engineer. And I think it's perfectly legitimate to make use of this knowledge because it enriches the overall texture of life.”
Peter Greenaway (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s a big difference between education and knowledge. The moment that we don’t invest in educating Jewish children according to the roots that were the basis of our education for thousands of years, we are knowledge-givers rather than educators.”
Lev Leviev (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is like what we imagine knowledge to be: dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free, drawn from the cold hard mouth of the world, derived from the rocky breasts forever, flowing and drawn, and since our knowledge is historical, flowing, and flown.”
Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is appropriate to distinguish between a knowledge that is active and mental, namely doctrinal discernment, by which we become conscious of the Truth, and a knowledge that is passive, receptive and cardiac, namely invocatory contemplation, by which we assimilate what we have become aware of.”
Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged.”
Charles de Lint (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Knowledge or wealth to few are given, But mark how just the ways of Heaven: True joy to all is free. Nor wealth nor knowledge grant the boon: 'Tis thine, O conscience, thine alone, It all belongs to thee.”
William Julius Mickle (1734–1788) first seen 1761 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Knowledge: an Ode (c. 1761)