Quick Quotes on Knowledge
 

 It is good for men to be taught in the history and laws of nations, to become acquainted with the principles of justice and equity, with the nature of disease and the medicinal properties of plants, etc. But there is no need of their being without the knowledge of God, for in fact every branch of true knowledge known to man has originated in God, and men have come in possession of it from his word or from his works. O, the folly of men in not acknowledging God in all things, in laying aside God and his religion, and trusting in their own judgment and intelligence. All the intelligence which men possess on the earth, whether religious, scientific, or political—proceeds from God. Every good and perfect gift proceeds from him, the fountain of light and truth, wherein there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. The knowledge of the human system has proceeded from the human system itself, which God has organized.  -John Taylor, (JD, 10:275)

 "Not all knowledge has the same worth - nor are all truths equally valuable. The truths upon which our eternal salvation rests are the most crucial truths that we must learn. . . The most essential knowledge for you to obtain is the saving knowledge of the gospel and its author - even Jesus Christ."  -President Ezra Taft Benson, The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, page 295.
 

"Learning is not a spectator sport. Fundamentally, the responsibility to learn is yours and yours alone... For learning to happen in any course, you must take an active role in the process." ("Enhancing student readiness to learn," The Teaching Professor, October 2006, p. 1)

 To live more fully each hour and to glean the most from each day is wisdom. How unwise we are to waste our today's when they determine the significance of our tomorrows. We should wisely live a day at a time because that is all we have.  -Marvin J. Ashton, Ensign, May 1975, 85

  "It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents. Too many men slip early out of the habit of studious reading, and yet that is essential..."  -Sir William Osler
 

  "God bears with imperfect beings even when they resist His goodness. We ought to imitate this merciful patience and endurance. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people."  -Francois de Fenelon

  "God desires that we learn and continue to learn, but this involves some unlearning.  As Uncle Zeke said: 'It ain't my ignorance that done me up but what I know'd that wasn't so.'  The ultimate evil is the closing of the mind or stealing it against truth, resulting in the hardening of intellectual arteries."  -Hugh B. Brown, Continuing to Learn

  "Knowledge of truth, combined with proper regard for it, and its faithful observance, constitutes true education. The mere stuffing of the mind with a knowledge of facts is not education. The mind must not only possess a knowledge of truth, but the soul must revere it, cherish it, love it as a priceless gem." 
-Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine (1986), 269