Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"In the assembly of the foolish, the wise man holds his tongue."Aristophanes
"The greatest impediment to knowledge is the assumption that one already possesses it."Aristophanes
"There is one thing alone that stands the test of time: it is the quality of one's ideas."Euripides
"Knowledge is the wing whereby we fly to heaven."Euripides
"The pursuit of truth must never cease."Euripides
"To know oneself is to recognize one's place within the boundless whole."Anaximander
"To understand lightning is to understand the energy that drives all life."Anaximander
"The astronomer who reads the stars reads the book of fate."Anaximander
"To understand one thing fully is to begin understanding all things."Anaximander
"To understand the least thing is to glimpse the infinite."Anaximander
"Know what you own and own what you know."Democritus
"The desire for understanding is implanted in man by nature."Democritus
"I would rather discover one true cause than win the kingdom of Persia."Democritus
"The nature of error is to believe that one knows what one does not know."Democritus
"Our thoughts, like air currents, move between the finite and infinite."Anaximenes
"Believe not what you are told, but what you can reason from nature."Anaximenes
"Knowledge without application is merely the accumulation of words."Anaximenes
"The limits of my language are the limits of my world"Empedocles
"Knowledge is power over circumstance"Empedocles
"The roots of all knowledge are bitter"Empedocles
"To know is to become"Empedocles
"Understanding requires the death of certainty"Empedocles
"The same thing exists for thinking and for being."Parmenides
"Sensory experience deceives us."Parmenides
"Trust not your senses; trust reason alone."Parmenides
"Reality transcends human perception."Parmenides
"Error comes from confusing being with becoming."Parmenides
"The senses lead us away from truth."Parmenides
"True knowledge is knowledge of being."Parmenides
"Reality transcends the categories of our ordinary experience."Parmenides