Josiah Gilbert Holland Quotes

Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorized

It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

Power grows out of Organized Knowledge, but mind you, it grows out of it, through Application and Use.

A man has only so much knowledge as he puts to work.

All knowledge is good. It is impossible to say any fragment of knowledge, however insignificant or remote from one's ordinary pursuits, may not some day be turned to account.

Knowledge is power only when put to use - and then only when the use made of it is constructive.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.

Learning locked in mildewed books is of little use to anyone and therefore of no value unless it can be used.

Knowledge is power. If it is not applied properly to create, let there be no doubts, it will destroy.

Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice.

Knowledge is power, especially when it is hitched to a workhorse.

Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to good use.

He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?

All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.

The Knowledge of Nature tends to enlarge the human Mind, and give us more noble, more grand, and exalted Ideas of the Author of Nature, and if well pursu'd, seldom fails producing something useful to Man.

What you know is what you know, both culturally and practically, and you use it to the greatest effect you can.

The real answers aren't in textbooks; they can be found through experiences.

Knowledge descries; wisdom applies.

The older you get, the wiser you are - this is true. But you also question what use this wisdom is.y

Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.

Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it.

A learned person will become noble only when he or she has put into real practice what has been learned, instead of mere words.

Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.