Knowledge Quotes

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

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"The pursuit of knowledge is an endless journey."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"Knowledge is power only when applied with wisdom."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"The pursuit of knowledge never ends."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"Knowledge is power."
Catherine de Medici
"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."
Catherine de Medici
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"The mind knows no boundaries of gender or station."
Isabella d'Este
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"The pursuit of knowledge is a lifelong endeavor."
Isabella d'Este
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"The intellect has no gender, only quality."
Isabella d'Este
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"A mind that is curious is a mind that is alive."
Isabella d'Este
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"The study of nature is the source of all knowledge."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Knowledge is power, but only if it is applied with wisdom."
Jean d'Alembert
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"The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions."
Jean d'Alembert
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"The pursuit of knowledge is endless."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Knowledge is the food of the soul."
Marsilio Ficino
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"Knowledge liberates the mind."
Marsilio Ficino
"The senses are the first messengers of understanding, and without them, the mind remains in darkness."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"To analyze is to understand; to understand is to grow."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all human endeavors."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Every idea, however complex, originates in simple sensation."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"To master a subject is to be able to explain it simply and clearly."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied; ignorance shared is ignorance compounded."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"To know is to participate in the eternal conversation of humanity."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The path of knowledge is never straight; it winds through valleys of confusion and scales peaks of insight."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"In the pursuit of knowledge, we discover ourselves."
Poliziano Angelo
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"In learning, there is no end to discovery."
Poliziano Angelo
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"The mind, like a garden, requires constant tending."
Poliziano Angelo
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"Knowledge without compassion becomes cruelty."
Poliziano Angelo
"The diversity of phenomena is so great, and the items we can know are so many, that to reject knowledge of any sort seems a great loss."
Émilie du Châtelet
"The mind seeks order; chaos is simply order we have not yet comprehended."
Émilie du Châtelet
"Every discovery is built upon the shoulders of those who came before, yet each adds something new to human understanding."
Émilie du Châtelet