The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
John Locke
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One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises. -
If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands. -
If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. -
There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source. -
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
More quotes by John Locke
- To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
- I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
- Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
- No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
- Our incomes are like our shoes if too small, they gall and pinch us but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.