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