Knowledge Quotes

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

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"Self-knowledge is the key to all spiritual progress."
Teresa of Avila
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"To understand the divine, one must first understand oneself."
Teresa of Avila
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"To know God is to know yourself."
Teresa of Avila
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"The human mind is like a garden, which may be cultivated or left to run wild; but it will always produce growth of some kind."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The heart understands truths that the mind cannot yet articulate."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The knowledge of God cannot be attained by the reason alone."
Ibn Arabi
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"The eye sees only what the mind knows."
Ibn Arabi
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"Every name of God contains infinite knowledge."
Ibn Arabi
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"Man's greatest treasure is his inner knowledge."
Ibn Arabi
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"The light of truth dispels the darkness of ignorance."
Ibn Arabi
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"The greatest knowledge is knowing that we know nothing without God."
John of the Cross
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"True knowledge is the understanding that God is the source of all."
John of the Cross
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"The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"The intelligence of your life matches the intelligence of your Creator."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"The question asks nothing and answers nothing."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"Seeking is not accomplished by the feet."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"The only sin is ignorance. The only virtue is knowledge."
Hafiz
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"The greatest teacher is experience, not books."
Hafiz
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"True knowledge begins when we understand our own ignorance."
Teresa of Avila
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"The more we understand individual things, the more we understand God."
Spinoza
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"In so far as the mind understands all things as necessary, it has a certain power of determining its feelings."
Spinoza
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"In understanding our own nature, we understand the nature of all existence."
Spinoza
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"In the infinite intellect of God, all things are known without succession of thoughts."
Spinoza
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"Imagination is the lowest form of knowledge; reason is higher; intuitive science is the highest."
Spinoza
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"Knowledge without practice is like a tree without fruit."
Ibn Arabi
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"Knowledge is power only when it is paired with wisdom."
Ibn Arabi
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"To know yourself is to begin knowing God."
Ibn Arabi
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"The seeker and the sought are ultimately one."
Ibn Arabi
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"The throne of knowledge rests upon the foundation of humility."
Ibn Arabi
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"The greatest knowledge is to know oneself beloved by God."
Julian of Norwich