Knowledge Quotes

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

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"The world of our experience consists at all times of two parts."
William James
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"The senses collect; the mind judges."
William James
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"True knowledge of God brings sweetness to the soul."
Jonathan Edwards
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"The greatest end of all knowledge is the knowledge of God."
Jonathan Edwards
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"All true knowledge flows from God."
Jonathan Edwards
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"Being-itself transcends knowledge."
Paul Tillich
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"The search for knowledge is the search for meaning."
Paul Tillich
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"The more we understand the universe, the greater becomes our sense of awe and wonder."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"We are the universe becoming conscious of itself."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"The greatest knowledge is to know that we know nothing complete."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"The greatest education is that which teaches people to think independently and critically."
Rudolf Steiner
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"Knowledge becomes wisdom only when it transforms how we live and treat others."
Rudolf Steiner
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"Knowledge is power."
John Wesley
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"I would be glad if every soul in England would read the entire Book of God."
John Wesley
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"Reason is the natural faculty by which we discern truth from falsehood."
John Wesley
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"Knowledge without love is merely information accumulation."
Rudolf Steiner
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"Separation through language is the price of human consciousness."
Paul Tillich
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"Knowledge without love becomes tyranny."
Paul Tillich
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"Intellectual knowledge of God without affection is mere dead orthodoxy."
Jonathan Edwards
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"The human mind is capable of great heights when illuminated by divine grace."
Jonathan Edwards
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"The natural man cannot comprehend the things of the Spirit."
Jonathan Edwards
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"True knowledge of God comes through the regeneration of the heart."
Jonathan Edwards
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"The pursuit of knowledge without the fear of God leads to spiritual blindness."
Jonathan Edwards
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"Consciousness is the universe becoming aware of itself"
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"We must cultivate both scientific precision and mystical insight"
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"Understanding requires both analytical thinking and intuitive knowing"
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin