Garth Nix Quotes

There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous.

I think of the need for more wisdom in the world, to deal with the knowledge that we have. At one time we had wisdom, but little knowledge. Now we have a great deal of knowledge, but do we have enough wisdom to deal with that knowledge?

I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

I don't read as much as people may expect. In fact, sometimes I feel that I should probably read more, but then I do believe that one of the big problems of our times is that there's too much reading and not enough thinking.

One of the most powerful transformational catalysts is knowledge, new information, or logic that defies old mental models and ways of thinking.

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

Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.

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.

Organized common (or uncommon) sense -- very basic knowledge -- is an enormously powerful tool. There are huge dangers with computers. People calculate too much and think too little.

We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information.

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

Those who think themselves secure are more exposed to danger than any others. The armor-bearer of sin is self-confidence .

A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't.

There is but a slight difference between the man who may be said to know nothing and him who thinks he knows everything.

Imagination is not enough. Knowledge is necessary.

I think it's much better to have your eyes open, but on the other hand, of course it can do harm if you tell people look, there's all these terrible things you can do and then some idiot may go ahead and do it.

Knowledge is not a loose leaf notebook of facts.

Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes; knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth; it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.

Learning gives creativity Creativity leads to thinking Thinking provides knowledge Knowledge makes you great.

The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

Care about understanding and before you know it, in just a few decades, you'll have a system of thinking that gives you answers whenever you ask.

We spend the early years feeding our brains with information and the latter half trying not to think about it all.