Knowledge Quotes

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

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"The universe is composed of indivisible particles moving through emptiness."
Leucippus
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"Causes determine all effects in nature."
Leucippus
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"The world we see is built from the invisible."
Leucippus
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"Atoms are the building blocks of reality."
Leucippus
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"All motion has a cause in the atomic realm."
Leucippus
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"Understand the atom, understand the universe."
Leucippus
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"Knowledge comes from understanding atomic motion."
Leucippus
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"The invisible atomic world underlies all perception."
Leucippus
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"Understand atoms, understand yourself."
Leucippus
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"Atoms are the answer to all natural questions."
Leucippus
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"Understanding atoms leads to understanding all things."
Leucippus
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"A man who has the knowledge but lacks the power to express it is no better off than if he never had any ideas at all."
Thucydides
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"To know oneself is true knowledge."
Herodotus
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"Knowledge without practice is like a tree without fruit."
Herodotus
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"To know what you know and what you do not know is true knowledge."
Herodotus
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"The sting of loss teaches us the value of what we once held."
Sappho
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"Those who question everything are closest to understanding something."
Sappho
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"The soul recognizes what the mind cannot yet comprehend."
Sappho
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"Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts."
Hippocrates
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"There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance."
Hippocrates
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"Healing depends upon the physician's understanding of the nature of the body and the nature of the disease."
Hippocrates
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"Knowledge of diseases is essential to the art of healing."
Hippocrates
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"A keen observation is the cornerstone of medical practice."
Hippocrates
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"The cure comes from the understanding of the cause."
Hippocrates
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"The gods did not reveal all things to men from the beginning, but men through their own seeking find them out in time."
Xenophanes
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"We cannot know the truth, but we can strive to know it better each day."
Xenophanes
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"Just as the eye cannot perceive what is beyond sight, so the mind cannot conceive what is beyond reason."
Xenophanes
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"The pursuit of wisdom is the pursuit of truth."
Xenophanes
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"What we call chance is but ignorance of causes."
Xenophanes
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"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."
Xenophanes