Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"All knowledge begins with sensory perception."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"Knowledge of ourselves begins with knowledge of our bodies."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"All knowledge worth having is grounded in physical reality."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"To understand another's perspective is to expand the boundaries of one's own consciousness."Johann Tetens
"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of ever-deeper questions."Johann Tetens
"We cannot know anything of which we have not made ourselves the cause."Giovanni Vico
"True knowledge is knowledge of causes."Giovanni Vico
"Eloquence and wisdom are not always companions."Giovanni Vico
"The marketplace of ideas requires honest merchants and discerning buyers."Giovanni Vico
"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of the infinite in the finite."Giovanni Vico
"The important thing is not to stop questioning."Johann Goethe
"The human heart is the starting point of all knowledge."Johann Herder
"Knowledge is power only when applied with wisdom."Johann Herder
"Knowledge is power, and the power to think is the greatest power of all."Catharine Macaulay
"The intellect should be nourished like a garden."Catharine Macaulay
"Knowledge without virtue is a dangerous thing."Catharine Macaulay
"In all thy getting, get understanding."Friedrich Schiller
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."Friedrich Schiller
"The true art of memory is the art of attention."Friedrich Schiller
"The greatest impediment to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents and the ocean was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge."George Berkeley
"Few men think; yet all will have opinions."George Berkeley
"It is one thing to perceive the beauty of a sunset; it is quite another to understand its cause."George Berkeley
"Words are the tokens of ideas, and all knowledge is ultimately traceable to perception."George Berkeley
"All knowledge flows from the perception of ideas."George Berkeley
"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."Hugo Grotius
"The pursuit of knowledge is endless."Hugo Grotius
"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."Hugo Grotius
"The greatest wisdom is in knowing oneself."Christian Wolff
"What appears to be chaos is merely complexity we have not yet understood."Christian Wolff
"The knowledge of causes brings understanding of effects."Christian Wolff