John Tyndall Quotes

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Apollo was designed not to conquer enemies but to conquer ignorance.

Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

There is always a place I can take someone's curiosity and land where they end up enlightened when we're done. That's my challenge as an educator. No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

The more we know, the more we realize there is to know.

The more you learn, the more you realize how much there is to learn.

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.