Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Knowledge is power; ignorance is slavery."Russell Brand
"I would rather discover one true cause than gain the throne of Persia."Democritus
"To live poorly while pursuing knowledge is nobler than living well in ignorance."Democritus
"The pursuit of knowledge has no end."Democritus
"To possess knowledge is to possess immortality."Democritus
"To understand one grain of sand is to approach understanding all things."Democritus
"You learn more from failure than you ever could from success."Peter Kay
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."Peter Kay
"Knowledge without the ability to share it is just internal monologue."Lee Evans
"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous to ourselves and others."Russell Brand
"The senses deceive us, but reason reveals the eternal."Parmenides
"Only through intellect can one grasp the true nature of reality."Parmenides
"Reality cannot be grasped by the wandering intellect but by the focused mind."Parmenides
"The common belief in multiplicity is a symptom of confused thought."Parmenides
"The testimony of the senses is the greatest obstacle to genuine understanding."Parmenides
"The very possibility of thought depends upon the immutability of being."Parmenides
"What thinks and what is thought must share the same eternal essence."Parmenides
"The senses report to us only the appearance of things, not their nature."Parmenides
"Those who follow reason rather than sensation approach the truth."Parmenides
"To grasp being is to understand that it admits neither beginning nor end."Parmenides
"The wise recognize that apparent plurality masks a fundamental unity."Parmenides
"The generation of being from nothing is a logical impossibility."Parmenides
"Only the necessary and immutable deserves the name of being."Parmenides
"All becoming is deception; true knowledge concerns only eternal being."Parmenides
"The eternal and unchanging alone commands the respect of the philosopher."Parmenides
"Being cannot come from what is not, for what is not has no power."Parmenides
"The wise recognize that motion, growth, and decay are contradictions in logic."Parmenides
"Those who increase their knowledge increase their sorrow."Empedocles
"Perception is limited by the nature of the perceiver."Empedocles
"The greatest knowledge is knowing oneself."Empedocles