Henry Mayhew Quotes

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.

What we do not understand we do not possess.

It is the greatest truth of our age: Information is not knowledge.

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.

Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense; or, to change the phrase, all knowledge which comes not to us through our senses we gain by faith in others.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.

It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.

I like the facts. I find them interesting.

My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize.

One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.

Knowledge, may it be said, is higher than magic and is more to be sought. It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what is forward, for while seeing is believing, it does not follow that either seeing or believing is knowing.

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.