Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Knowledge without the capacity to act is merely idle speculation."Sophocles
"Every expert was once a beginner."Frankie Boyle
"Knowledge is not power; applied knowledge is power."Frankie Boyle
"No one is wise enough by himself."Aristophanes
"The greatest enemy is one's own ignorance."Aristophanes
"A question not asked is an answer denied."Aristophanes
"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of immortality."Aristophanes
"The eye perceives what the mind prepares it to see."Empedocles
"Knowledge without virtue is a sword placed in the hands of a madman."Empedocles
"The price of knowledge is the loss of innocence and peaceful ignorance."Empedocles
"Knowledge without application is like a seed that never takes root."Democritus
"The progression from ignorance to knowledge is the greatest of all journeys."Democritus
"Knowledge pursued for its own sake is the highest form of achievement."Democritus
"To think and to be are one and the same thing."Parmenides
"Truth requires us to transcend the realm of sensory perception."Parmenides
"The mind that grasps being transcends the illusions of time."Parmenides
"To think truly is to think of what is, and nothing else."Parmenides
"The mind and what it comprehends are fundamentally one."Parmenides
"To know being is to transcend the illusions of change."Parmenides
"To think of what is not is to think nothing at all."Parmenides
"To grasp the truth is to understand eternal being."Parmenides
"To understand is to grasp the eternal unity of being."Parmenides
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing when to use it."Peter Kay
"Knowledge is power, but most powerful people know nothing - they just have money."Frankie Boyle
"The path to wisdom is paved with the recognition of our own limitations."Empedocles
"Knowledge is power"Lee Evans
"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."Sophocles
"Knowledge without virtue is a dangerous weapon."Sophocles
"Hunger for wisdom is the only hunger that grows by feeding."Sophocles
"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."Russell Brand