Gene Spafford Quotes

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

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

It is the greatest truth of our age: Information is not knowledge.

Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.

I think there's data, and then there's information that comes from data, and then there's knowledge that comes from information. And then, after knowledge, there is wisdom. I am interested in how to get from data to wisdom.

The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.

It is vital to remember that information - in the sense of raw data - is not knowledge, that knowledge is not wisdom, and that wisdom is not foresight. But information is the first essential step to all of these.

The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.

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

What I care about is maximum information.

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

Happy is the one who knows the causes of things.

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

We can all make better decisions when we're informed.

Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom.

Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.

We do not find truth groveling through error.

Data is not intelligence.

Deep is the well of truth and long does it take to know what has fallen into its depths.

The idea is to go from numbers to information to understanding.

Wisdom is only found in truth.

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route.

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.