But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live wel

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor. – Thomas a Kempis

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Knowledge
category

To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just dont have the education. – Melanie Griffith

Category:
Knowledge

If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom. – Sydney Madwed

Category:
Knowledge

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms. – Khalil Gibran

Category:
Knowledge

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Category:
Knowledge

Random Quotes

Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion. – Arabic Proverb

Category:
Death

A good indignation brings out all ones powers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
good

I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it which the calls of nature obliged him to pass in the necessary-house; but gradually went through all the Latin poets in those moments. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Books

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel? – Joseph Addison

Category:
Father