Knowledge Quotes

"Know your enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated."

"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles."

"One may know how to conquer without being able to do it."

"If you wish to fight with the enemy, you must first appraise his strength and numbers."

"To know your enemy, you must become your enemy."

"Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity."

"The art of defense is a necessary study, for it makes the master of all arts complete."

"Foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits, nor from deities, nor by analogy with past events. It must be obtained from men who have intelligence of the enemy."

"A person is never too old to learn."

"The end of all knowledge must be building up of more power and beauty and kindness in this world."

"We have learned how to organize, and that's the most important weapon."

"May we not learn from the past and chart our own futures?"

"I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion."

"Knowledge is power, and power requires knowledge."

"Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge, they lacked purpose."

"Knowledge is power only when applied with judgment."

"The advancement of knowledge is the conquest of ignorance."

"The most valuable education comes from observation, experience, and humility before reality."

"The elephant remembers every step of its journey; so too must a leader remember every choice."

"Knowledge without the courage to apply it is merely an elegant museum piece."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the only war where both sides gain victory."

"Knowledge without compassion is merely cleverness."

"To understand strategy, one must first understand deception."

"A warrior must know the limits of his strength and the depths of his opponent's weakness."

"I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and dominion."

"Nature abhors a vacuum and so does the human mind."

"Knowledge without action is merely collection of facts."

"Knowledge without compassion is worthless."

"Knowledge pursued for its own sake is the noblest of all pursuits."

"The mind that never questions will never advance beyond its present state."