Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"I have turned my mind to the great problems of mathematics."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"Intuition does not suffice; we must calculate."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"Numbers reveal the secrets of creation."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"Knowledge is the greatest wealth."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"I have learned that understanding requires deep reflection."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"Every discovery is built upon previous knowledge."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for."Johann Goethe
"Language is the key that opens a thousand doors."Johann Goethe
"There is no greater delight than in understanding something new."Johann Goethe
"The more we know, the more we see how much we have yet to learn."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"The first step toward knowledge is to know that we are ignorant."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost too."Carl Linnaeus
"Classification is the first step toward understanding."Carl Linnaeus
"The catalogue of creation is never complete."Carl Linnaeus
"To name a thing is to begin to know it."Carl Linnaeus
"The natural world is the greatest library ever created."Carl Linnaeus
"The true art of memory is attention."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"All our knowledge begins with the senses."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"The love of knowledge is the only love that brings true satisfaction."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"Knowledge is power waiting to be unleashed."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"The source of man's unhappiness is his ignorance of Nature."Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"Ignorance is the mother of devotion."Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"To know oneself, one should assert oneself."Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"The more you know, the more you realize you know nothing."Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"Sensation is the foundation of all our knowledge."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Memory is the repository of all knowledge."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The senses are the gateway to understanding."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The pursuit of knowledge is endless."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Ignorance is the source of many errors."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac