Knowledge Quotes

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

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"The written word is humanity's greatest invention."
Xenophanes
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"To know oneself is to possess the greatest treasure hidden in the world."
Pindar
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"In the beginning, all things were together, infinite in number and minuteness."
Anaxagoras
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"In understanding the cosmos, we understand ourselves."
Anaxagoras
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"The small things reveal the great things."
Anaxagoras
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"The eye may deceive, but reason never does."
Anaxagoras
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"The world operates by natural principles that can be known."
Anaxagoras
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"In every grain of sand lies the cosmos."
Anaxagoras
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"To know thyself is to know the nature of the universe."
Anaxagoras
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"The universe is one great system of interrelated wholes."
Anaxagoras
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"Knowledge of the particular reveals knowledge of the universal."
Anaxagoras
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"All order comes from mind arranging the pre-existent."
Anaxagoras
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"Knowledge without application is like a lamp in an empty room."
Aesop
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"The artist and the scientist both seek to understand the invisible."
Aesop
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"To understand nature is to understand the dance of invisible particles."
Leucippus
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"The senses deceive us, but reason reveals the truth of atoms and void."
Leucippus
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"To understand one atom is to understand the architecture of all things."
Leucippus
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"What we know is less than what remains hidden from human perception."
Leucippus
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"The atoms care nothing for our understanding, yet our understanding requires them."
Leucippus
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"All things that exist, exist either as atom or as void."
Leucippus
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"What we seek to understand is what our senses are least equipped to grasp."
Leucippus
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"The foundation of all knowledge is acceptance of the limits of perception."
Leucippus
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"What we understand dimly today may be clear wisdom tomorrow."
Leucippus
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"What we perceive as quality is merely quantitative atomic arrangement."
Leucippus
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"The infinite is the primary principle of all being."
Anaximander
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"Knowledge is power."
Anaximander
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"Understanding the invisible forces teaches us more than observing the visible."
Anaximenes
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"Knowledge is the pursuit of understanding what sustains all life."
Anaximenes
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"Understanding requires us to transcend mere appearance."
Anaximenes
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"The mind seeks what the senses cannot reveal."
Anaximenes