Quotes about Knowledge
God, enlighten the darkness of my heart and give me a right faith, a sure hope, a perfect charity, sense and knowledge, so that I may carry out your holy command.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
There is no true understanding of any art without some knowledge of its philosophy. Only then does its meaning come clear.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.
— Frank Turek
In short, extensive Bible knowledge, a high-powered intellect, and razor-sharp reasoning skills do not automatically produce spiritual men and women who know Jesus Christ profoundly and who can impart a life-giving revelation of Him to others.
— Frank Viola
This does not mean that the knowledge of the world, church history, theology, philosophy, and the Scriptures is without value. Such knowledge can be very useful.[105] But it is not central. Theological competence and a high-voltage intellect alone do not qualify a person to serve in God's house.
— Frank Viola
The surest way to stop growing is to stop reading.
— Fred Craddock
If the stories of our faith are such that you're too young to remember them, then you are not old enough to preach.
— Fred Craddock
There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.
— Frederic William Farrar
To be wise is to be eternally curious.
— Frederick Buechner
The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert.
— Brendon Burchard
Sheer scholarship alone cannot reveal to us the gospel of grace. We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders to replace the authority of KNOWING Jesus Christ personally and directly. When the religious views of others interpose between us and the primary experience of Jesus as the Christ, we become unconvicted and unpersuasive travel agents handing out brochures to places we have never visited.
— Brennan Manning
It deserves neither God's mercy nor men's trust. The church must constantly be aware that its faith is weak, its knowledge dim, its profession of faith halting, that there is not a single sin or failing which it has not in one way or another been guilty of.
— Brennan Manning