Harold Bloom Quotes

Data is not necessarily information. Information does not necessarily lead to knowledge. And knowledge is not always sufficient to discover truth and breed wisdom.

Wisdom is only found in truth.

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

What I care about is maximum information.

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

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

We mistake being able to get lots of information from everywhere very quickly with actually getting knowledge.

Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom.

Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.

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

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.

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

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Information is not knowledge.

Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.

Knowledge is true opinion.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.