Knowledge Quotes

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

31147 quotes

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"The pen and the sword must work in harmony; one without the other breeds darkness."
Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
B
"A mind that questions everything becomes master of nothing."
Baibar
K
"The scholar and the soldier need not be enemies; both seek to expand boundaries."
Kara Mustafa Pasha
T
"Fear is merely the shadow of uncertainty; knowledge is the light that disperses it."
Timur
T
"Knowledge hoarded is knowledge wasted; shared it multiplies."
Timur
S
"Knowledge is the key to all doors."
Suleiman the Magnificent
S
"The moment you stop learning, you start dying."
Suleiman the Magnificent
I
"Knowledge without application is merely the accumulation of dust in the mind."
Ibrahim Pasha
S
"Knowledge of one's enemies is worth more than a thousand soldiers."
Selim I
N
"Knowledge hoarded is knowledge wasted; shared wisdom multiplies its value."
Nader Shah
Q
"Knowledge is the fortress that no enemy can breach."
Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
Q
"The pursuit of power without the pursuit of understanding is the path to ruin."
Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
Q
"To understand your enemy is to begin defeating him."
Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
Q
"Wisdom cannot be conquered; it can only be cultivated."
Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
K
"A wise commander studies not only his enemies, but himself as well."
Kara Mustafa Pasha
S
"Knowledge is the light that dispels the darkness of ignorance."
Suleiman the Magnificent
"To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom."
Stephen the Great
"Knowledge without action is merely philosophy."
Stephen the Great
"To know oneself is to possess a power greater than any fortress."
Stephen the Great
I
"Knowledge without application is like a sword left to rust in its sheath."
Ibrahim Pasha
I
"The child who asks questions is the future's greatest gift to itself."
Ibrahim Pasha
"Knowledge hoarded is knowledge wasted; shared, it becomes infinite."
Skanderbeg
"To know oneself is the first step toward greatness."
Skanderbeg
"Knowledge without application is merely entertainment."
Skanderbeg
C
"To have another language is to possess a second soul."
Charlemagne
C
"To know and not to do is not yet to know."
Charlemagne
C
"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all pursuits."
Charlemagne
S
"The learned man sees possibilities; the fool sees only obstacles."
Suleiman the Magnificent
S
"The scholar's ink flows longer than the warrior's blood."
Suleiman the Magnificent
K
"One must understand the land, the people, and the stars to truly master any realm."
Kara Mustafa Pasha