knowledge Quotes

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it.