Knowledge Quotes

From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.

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"The mind grows by what it feeds upon."
Herbert Spencer
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"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."
Martin Seligman
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"Knowledge without character is incomplete."
Martin Seligman
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"Wisdom is not found in books alone."
Christopher Peterson
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"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Christopher Peterson
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"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."
Christopher Peterson
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"Self-awareness is essential for self-improvement, but it can also create paralysis."
Roy Baumeister
"The collective representations of society shape how we perceive and understand reality itself."
Émile Durkheim
"Language itself is a collective creation that shapes how we think and perceive."
Émile Durkheim
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"People tend to assess the probability of an event by the ease with which instances come to mind."
Amos Tversky
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"Humans are not intuitive statisticians."
Amos Tversky
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"The availability heuristic leads to systematic biases in judgment."
Amos Tversky
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"We weight recent experiences too heavily in our judgments."
Amos Tversky
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"We overestimate the predictability of past events."
Amos Tversky
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"The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the thing found."
Harriet Martineau
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"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
Harriet Martineau
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"We teach best what we have learned through our own suffering."
Harriet Martineau
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"The mind that is most free is that which has learned to question everything."
Harriet Martineau
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"Knowledge without wisdom is like power without purpose."
Christopher Peterson
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"Wisdom grows through experience and reflection."
Christopher Peterson
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"The capacity for progress is the distinguishing trait of the rational mind."
Herbert Spencer
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"Progress depends upon our ability to unlearn what is false."
Herbert Spencer
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"Every law of nature works for the benefit of those who understand it."
Herbert Spencer
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"The mind that is expanded by new experiences never returns to its original dimensions."
Herbert Spencer
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"You cannot live a fulfilling life if you don't know who you are."
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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"The more you know, the more you realize how little you know. Knowledge is a path, not a destination."
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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"Learning is the most direct path to discovering who you are capable of becoming."
Martin Seligman
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"Knowledge without application is merely collection; wisdom is knowledge in action."
Martin Seligman
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"The human tendency toward pattern recognition sometimes produces false beliefs and superstitions"
Roy Baumeister
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"Self-awareness can either enable growth or become an excuse for inaction"
Roy Baumeister