Martin H. Fischer Quotes

Information is not knowledge.

Intelligence complicates. Wisdom simplifies.

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

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

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

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

Speak not of what you have read, but about what you have understood.

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

I operate better with education and awareness, like I think all of us do. I don't like to be walking around in a vacuum, lost in my own thoughts. I'm much better with information.

I would encourage you: be informed - knowledge is power.

We can all make better decisions when we're informed.

Education, information and knowledge are all one.

Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom.

Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.

Uneducated people are unfortunate in that they do grasp complex issues, educated people, on the other hand, often do not understand simplicity, which is a far greater misfortune.

Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

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

Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin.