Knowledge Quotes

"Knowledge claims that ignore their social conditions are the least trustworthy."

"Understanding social interactions requires attention to ritual and performance."

"Social interaction depends on shared rules and mutual understanding."

"We live in a time of universal hunger for meaning, yet we consume meaning as we consume commodities."

"Knowledge is power, but in the information age, too much knowledge creates powerlessness."

"Knowledge is power, but power requires knowledge."

"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."

"Self-awareness emerges through social interaction with others."

"Social life is governed by implicit rules that we learn through experience."

"The individual mind can exist only in relation to other minds with shared understandings of symbols."

"The mind is a process, not a thing."

"The human mind is a social product."

"Language is the window to the human mind."

"We cannot understand ourselves without understanding our social context."

"True knowledge comes from understanding our place in the social world."

"The mind is fundamentally communicative."

"The mind is the organ of society."

"In understanding others, we understand ourselves."

"The habitus is a system of lasting, transposable dispositions that generates our practices."

"Institutional knowledge is a form of power that remains largely invisible."

"Scholasticism refers to the tendency to treat intellectual categories as universal truths."

"Distinction is achieved not through what you have but through what you know to appreciate."

"The reflexivity of modern life means we are constantly revising our understanding of who we are."

"Knowledge production is always implicated in relations of power and interest."

"Knowledge without wisdom becomes mere technical expertise."

"Knowledge without humility is dangerous."

"Intellectual progress requires the willingness to appear foolish."

"The mind that questions everything creates the possibility of wisdom."

"The most important knowledge is self-knowledge."

"We create frames of reference to make sense of social situations and interaction."