Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"I am a man of mind"Roger Chillingworth
"Knowledge without action is mere philosophy."Sancho Panza
"The pursuit of knowledge without wisdom leads to destruction."Ivan Karamazov
"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."Abbé Faria
"The more lucid I become, the less I understand"Raskolnikov
"Knowledge without action is sterile"Sancho Panza
"Knowledge is power, and the greatest power is to know oneself."Abbé Faria
"Knowledge is a burden that crushes the weak."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."Marya Bolkonskaya
"To be acutely conscious is a disease."Ivan Karamazov
"Knowledge comes not from books alone, but from experience."Abbé Faria
"Knowledge of one's unhappiness does not cure it"Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Knowledge is power, and I have spent fourteen years acquiring it."Edmond Dantès
"I dream of understanding at last some phenomenon of life."Ivan Karamazov
"Thought is the property of him alone who has leisure."Pierre Bezukhov
"Memory is the treasure-house of the mind."Abbé Faria
"The pursuit of knowledge is endless."Abbé Faria
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."Pierre Bezukhov
"I have been sometimes mad, but never unwise."Edmond Dantès
"The greatest wealth is knowledge."Abbé Faria
"To be conscious is to suffer, yet consciousness is the ladder by which we climb toward truth."Ivan Karamazov
"Doubt is not weakness but the beginning of wisdom."Ivan Karamazov
"The heart knows truths the mind cannot comprehend."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"The provincial knows everything about nothing."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time."Nick Carraway
"Knowledge is power."Abbé Faria
"I simply believe that it is impossible to prove everything; it is an endless process."Raskolnikov
"Knowledge is a heavy burden."Raskolnikov
"Knowledge is power, but ignorance is bliss."Abbé Faria
"The more I think, the less I understand."Raskolnikov