Brigham Young Quotes

If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources.

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.

Knowledge is no burden.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance.

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

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

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.

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.

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

Knowledge is power.

My own view about knowledge is we're always better to have knowledge.

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

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

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

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

Information is not knowledge.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

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

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

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

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.