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 clarification of concepts leads to the clarification of reality itself."
Christian Wolff
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"The error is not in thinking, but in thinking without sufficient clarity or care."
Christian Wolff
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"Understanding the why of things elevates us beyond mere acceptance of the what."
Christian Wolff
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"The mind uses the body as an instrument for understanding the world."
Giovanni Vico
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"Memory is the treasury of the mind."
Giovanni Vico
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"To understand a thing, we must understand its origins and development."
Giovanni Vico
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"The senses are the gates through which knowledge enters the mind."
Giovanni Vico
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"Understanding comes through the marriage of reason and experience."
Giovanni Vico
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"Experience is the surest guide to human understanding."
Giovanni Vico
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"The mind is most alive when engaged in the pursuit of truth."
Giovanni Vico
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"The path to knowledge begins with the admission of ignorance."
Hugo Grotius
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"The pursuit of knowledge is endless; let us therefore pursue it with humility."
Hugo Grotius
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"Knowledge of oneself is the beginning of wisdom."
Hugo Grotius
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"Every language contains within it the history and character of its people."
Johann Herder
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"Language is not merely a tool of communication, but a way of seeing the world."
Johann Herder
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of our own humanity."
Johann Herder
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"The human mind is capable of great things when properly cultivated."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Knowledge is the only true emancipation from servitude."
Catharine Macaulay
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"The capacity for reason is distributed equally; its cultivation is not."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Prejudice flourishes in the soil of ignorance."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Women's intellectual capacity is equal to men's; circumstance alone differs."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Ignorance is not innocence; it is a state of dangerous vulnerability."
Catharine Macaulay
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all human endeavors."
Catharine Macaulay
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"To deny education is to deny the very thing that makes us human."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Knowledge without application is merely decoration for the mind."
Jean Bodin
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the highest calling of humankind."
Jean Bodin
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"Knowledge without application is merely entertainment of the mind."
Christian Wolff
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"The unity of knowledge is the foundation of true wisdom."
Christian Wolff
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"The greatest thing is to make life worth living through discovery and understanding."
Johann Goethe
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"The highest wish of a thinking man is to make the unknown known."
Johann Goethe