There is however another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons eminent for their knowledge it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.

At each increase of knowledge as well as on the contrivance of every new tool human labour becomes abridged.

As writers become more numerous it is natural for readers to become more indolent whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

As a young man I went to Paris and soaked up many hours of film knowledge from Robert Hakim in my efforts to become a producer.

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.