Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it wherever it is to be found; like fern, it is the produce of all climates, and like coin, its circulation is not restricted to any particular class.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

They send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge, but all you want to do is learn how to score.

Teachers may think they are stuffing minds, but all they are ever affecting is the memory. Nothing can ever be forced into anyone's mind except by brainwashing, which is the very opposite of genuine teaching.

Some people still think knowledge is power.

What transforms this world is - knowledge. Do you see what I mean? Nothing else can change anything in this world. Knowledge alone is capable of transforming the world, while at the same time leaving it exactly as it is. When you look at the world with knowledge, you realize that things are unchangeable and at the same time are constantly being transformed.

Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.

It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.

It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself, and enlarges the sphere of existence.

Knowledge is the best eraser in the world for disharmony, distrust, despair, and the endless physical deficiencies of man.

Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge.

And always, there was the magic of learning things.

Learning, like love, death and eating, are fundamental human activities. It's at the core of human existence and its character has a resilience of continuity that is part of what makes up human nature. That is not fundamentally going to change.

Learning by study must be won; 'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.

Without knowledge there can be no sure progress. Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance. Nor is it too much to say that, except in rare instances, the highest virtue is attained only through intelligence.

As long as a man lives he should study. Death alone has the right to dismiss the school.

All ignorance toboggans into know and trudges up to ignorance again.

As precious as knowledge itself is the learning. As precious as any reward is the earning.

One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us.

Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.

Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.

Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end.

One who knows nothing can understand nothing.