Knowledge Quotes

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

31147 quotes

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"The mirror stage is crucial to identity formation."
Jacques Lacan
J
"Analysis must work with the real of language."
Jacques Lacan
J
"The university discourse reproduces knowledge without truth."
Jacques Lacan
J
"The symbolic order creates difference through signification."
Jacques Lacan
J
"Topology reveals the structure of the psyche."
Jacques Lacan
J
"Writing precedes speech in the symbolic order."
Jacques Lacan
B
"True education teaches people how to think, not what to think."
Bruno Bettelheim
B
"The greatest learning happens through play and exploration."
Bruno Bettelheim
B
"The pursuit of knowledge is a natural human drive."
Bruno Bettelheim
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"Feelings are the language of the unconscious mind."
Karen Horney
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"We mistake efficiency for wisdom and information for understanding."
Karen Horney
"What we are asleep do not know we are doing."
R.D. Laing
"Suffering is the sacrifice of ignorance."
R.D. Laing
W
"We must learn to read ancient texts with both reverence and critical thinking."
Wendy Doniger
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"The study of myth teaches humility about the limits of our understanding."
Wendy Doniger
W
"To study religion is to study humanity in its most profound moments."
Wendy Doniger
W
"The best interpretations open new questions rather than closing them."
Wendy Doniger
A
"The child's knowledge of himself begins with his body and expands outward."
Anna Freud
A
"Self-awareness is the foundation of emotional maturity."
Anna Freud
A
"The development of self-awareness is one of the greatest achievements of human development."
Anna Freud
M
"Symbols are the language of the divine"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Memory is the bridge between worlds"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Understanding requires spiritual awakening"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Knowledge is remembrance of the sacred"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Symbols have multiple layers of meaning"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Knowledge is transformation of being"
Mircea Eliade
B
"Meaningful learning requires emotional engagement, not just intellectual comprehension."
Bruno Bettelheim
B
"The question 'why' reveals more than the answer ever could."
Bruno Bettelheim
B
"A child's questions contain the seeds of their own wisdom."
Bruno Bettelheim
D
"The most profound learning happens not in structured education but in lived experience."
D.W. Winnicott