Knowledge Quotes

From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.

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"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."
Mencius
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"In learning the way, nothing is more practical than earnestness."
Mencius
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"To understand others is to have knowledge; to understand oneself is to have true wisdom."
Mencius
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"Wisdom comes not from reading alone but from reflection and action."
Mencius
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"Wisdom is not in words, but in works."
Pythagoras
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"Learn to see the invisible in the visible."
Pythagoras
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of immortality."
Pythagoras
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"The greatest poverty is the poverty of mind."
Pythagoras
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"Wisdom is only in one thing, in getting to know the thought by which all things are steered everywhere."
Heraclitus
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"One must follow the common element; yet although the Logos is common to all, most people live as though they have private understanding."
Heraclitus
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"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
Heraclitus
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"Obscurity is darkness to the unripe mind."
Heraclitus
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"The greatest perfection of man is to know and understand that which is unknowable."
Heraclitus
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"The ignorant are to the wise as the asleep are to the awake."
Heraclitus
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"All knowledge comes from experience and sensation."
Heraclitus
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"If you have insight, you don't need a map."
Zhuangzi
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"The world is full of obvious things that nobody ever observes."
Zhuangzi
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"The more you know, the less you understand."
Zhuangzi
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"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."
Confucius
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"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."
Confucius
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"Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star."
Confucius
"To know oneself is to know the universe, for we are microcosms of creation."
Thales of Miletus
"Every discovery is merely a removal of a veil from eternal truth."
Thales of Miletus
"The deepest knowledge comes from questioning what seems obvious."
Thales of Miletus
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"Do not speak of Pythagorean concerns to those unprepared; first purify the ears."
Pythagoras
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"The path to enlightenment requires both knowledge and practice."
Pythagoras
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"Knowledge without virtue is like a sword in the hands of a madman."
Pythagoras
"To know others is intelligence; to know yourself is true wisdom."
Laozi
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
Laozi
"True security comes from knowing oneself."
Epicurus