Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Knowledge is power in the hands of the wise."Abbé Faria
"The tree of knowledge does not grow in every garden"Abbé Faria
"Thus, knowledge is power"Abbé Faria
"Knowledge is power, and the greatest power is self-knowledge."Abbé Faria
"The wound of knowledge cannot be healed"Ivan Karamazov
"Knowledge that brings no peace is mere intellectual vanity"Ivan Karamazov
"I'm interested in truth, I like science."Bernard Marx
"The very process of searching is the only way to truth."Pierre Bezukhov
"Knowledge is power."Abbé Faria
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing"Scout Finch
"Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do"Atticus Finch
"The burden of knowledge is heavier than the burden of ignorance"Ivan Karamazov
"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until they have rebelled they cannot become conscious."Winston Smith
"Consciousness, even if it caused suffering, is preferable to unconscious happiness."Ivan Karamazov
"Some kinds of knowledge are difficult, others impossible."O'Brien
"Knowledge alone is not happiness"Pierre Bezukhov
"Doubt is the beginning of wisdom"Ivan Karamazov
"Knowledge of suffering brings wisdom that books cannot teach."Jean Valjean
"The only true knowledge is in knowing you know nothing."Pierre Bezukhov
"Facts are ventilation holes for emotional relief."Mustapha Mond
"Knowledge without compassion is hollow."Pierre Bezukhov
"I ain't educated, but I ain't illiterate."Mayella Ewell
"True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words."Pierre Bezukhov
"I see things in here that most people never see on the outside."Chief Bromden
"Intellectual passion is the privilege of the few."Mustapha Mond
"You like to read books. I can arrange for you to acquire them."O'Brien
"Doubt is the servant of wisdom."Ivan Karamazov
"The medication fog keeps us from thinking clearly."Chief Bromden
"The fog lifts when you stop accepting their lies."Chief Bromden
"The things that happen to people we know are there on the Maycomb gazette from one day to the next—why, we even know about half the things in Atlanta."Scout Finch