Harold Evans Quotes

The more knowledge you've got, the more understanding you have, the better you are able to implement and pass it on to others.

Information is not knowledge.

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.

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

What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

If we want to enlighten people or give them new thoughts and ideas, we have to be willing to do the work of educating them.

Reading is a bridge to thought.

Education, information and knowledge are all one.

Reading enables us to see with the keenest eyes, to hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time.

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

I like the facts. I find them interesting.

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

Knowledge, may it be said, is higher than magic and is more to be sought. It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what is forward, for while seeing is believing, it does not follow that either seeing or believing is knowing.

If you can't read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story. Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady!

Much learning does not teach understanding.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

It can always be transformed into an avenue of information.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What I care about is maximum information.

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

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

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Comprehension follows perception.