Knowledge Quotes

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

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"I have always been naturally inclined toward self-improvement."
John Brown
"The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark."
Thomas Paine
"Knowledge without practice is but half knowledge."
Thomas Paine
"The ability to think deeply is the foundation of all human progress."
Thomas Paine
"Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion."
Thomas Jefferson
"In the pursuit of science and knowledge, there is no end to the applications that can be made."
Thomas Jefferson
"Information is the currency of democracy."
Thomas Jefferson
"I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and beware of those who would stop you from doing so."
Thomas Jefferson
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"Discipline in the use of words is essential."
George Washington
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"Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness."
George Washington
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"A sensible man will always be ready to receive the dictates of truth and reason."
George Washington
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"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is."
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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"I believe that the pathway of true knowledge is to understand ourselves first."
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"I have heard much about the condition of the Chinese women, but I know nothing from any knowledge of the women of China."
Sojourner Truth
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
Benjamin Franklin
"Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man."
Benjamin Franklin
"Everything that's good to know is difficult to learn."
Benjamin Franklin
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"The more you observe, the more you understand; the more you understand, the more you see."
Alexander Hamilton
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"The mind of man is like the ocean; vast, deep, and largely unexplored."
Alexander Hamilton
"I have traveled this Underground Railroad and I know it well."
Harriet Tubman
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"Keep one thing foremost in your mind: that women have brains."
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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"I am a woman, therefore I am capable of thought."
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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"The chains that bind woman are forged in ignorance."
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
Thomas Jefferson
"He who knows best knows how little he knows."
Thomas Jefferson
"Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe."
Thomas Jefferson
"Information is the currency of democracy."
Thomas Jefferson
"Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error."
Thomas Jefferson
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
Benjamin Franklin
"The greatest monarchy is the kingdom of knowledge."
Benjamin Franklin