Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Knowledge is the weapon that slavery fears most, for an educated person cannot be easily enslaved."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"To deny a person education is to deny them the keys to their own liberation."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"Education is the inheritance we must leave for generations yet unborn."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"The only way to real power is through knowledge."Emma Goldman
"The people are capable of understanding reason if it is presented to them in its simplicity."Emma Goldman
"The cultivation of the mind is always a superior object."Adam Smith
"Knowledge is the weapon against tyranny."Michel Bakunin
"Knowledge without action is mere philosophy."Michel Bakunin
"Knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied."Peter Kropotkin
"Knowledge that is not shared dies with its possessor."Peter Kropotkin
"How much more cruel would be the fate of those enslaved by their own ignorance."Simón Bolívar
"The human spirit cannot be enslaved by chains alone; only by ignorance."Simón Bolívar
"Knowledge is the seed from which all progress grows."Simón Bolívar
"All men are intellectuals, but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals."Antonio Gramsci
"Consciousness is not something that preexists and is then realized in practice; rather it is something that is produced and develops with practice."Antonio Gramsci
"Knowledge without action is sterile."Antonio Gramsci
"Understanding the world is the first step to changing it."Antonio Gramsci
"Every person has the potential to be an intellectual."Antonio Gramsci
"Knowledge is power"Michel Foucault
"Language is the infinite interpretability of the world"Michel Foucault
"Knowledge never remains sealed. It spreads and disseminates"Michel Foucault
"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person"Michel Foucault
"All knowledge is rooted in a fundamental human commitment"Michel Foucault
"Language is the condition of knowledge"Michel Foucault
"Knowledge is not neutral but produced within power relations"Michel Foucault
"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."Friedrich Engels
"Knowledge must serve the cause of human liberation."Friedrich Engels
"Knowledge of society enables its transformation."Friedrich Engels
"Authority has every reason to fear the informed citizen."Michel Bakunin
"Fear is the instrument of oppression; knowledge is the tool of liberation."Michel Bakunin