Knowledge Quotes

"To change the world, we must first understand it in its material reality."

"Knowledge is power, but only when applied to action."

"Knowledge of oppression is the first step toward liberation."

"Every dogma is an obstacle to the development of the human spirit."

"Knowledge without action is merely intellectual indulgence."

"Common sense is not something rigid and immobile, but is continually transforming itself, enriching itself with scientific ideas and philosophical opinions that have entered into common circulation."

"All men are intellectuals, but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals."

"The study of history is not about dwelling in the past, but understanding the present moment."

"The people's common sense contains both wisdom and misconception, and we must help separate them."

"Knowledge is power, but power without wisdom is destructive."

"Knowledge is not made for understanding; it is made for cutting."

"There is no power relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge."

"Every relationship of force implies a relation of power, and every power relation has a correlative field of knowledge."

"Knowledge accumulated is power delegated."

"The Western world has been pervaded by the anxiety to know."

"Understanding is an act of war."

"What I want to say is that there is a difference between understanding and knowing."

"Intellectual honesty demands we follow the evidence wherever it leads."

"Memory is the treasury of the mind."

"Knowledge is not passive reception but active struggle."

"Knowledge goes hand in hand with time."

"To know what everybody knows is to know nothing."

"To know is the first thing; to do is the next."

"To know the true meaning of a word, we must know its origin."

"Knowledge without practice is mere theory; practice without knowledge is blind."

"Knowledge is power, and power is knowledge."

"Science and reason must replace superstition and ignorance."

"The starting point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what one really is, and is 'knowing thyself' as a product of the historical process to date."

"Everyone is a philosopher, even if unconsciously so."

"Language itself is a storehouse of simplified judgments and historical categories."