Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Ignorance is a cure that may be achieved in a day, but the results of that ignorance cannot be cured in generations."W.E.B. Du Bois
"The most powerful weapon against poverty is knowledge."W.E.B. Du Bois
"I insist that the first step towards securing the right to vote is a clear understanding of what that vote means."Susan B. Anthony
"Knowledge of injustice should inspire action, not merely sympathy."Emmeline Pankhurst
"The power to question is the basis of all progress."Indira Gandhi
"The mind is our greatest asset."Indira Gandhi
"The pursuit of knowledge has no end."Indira Gandhi
"The person who knows how and the person who knows why will always work for the person who knows what."Jawaharlal Nehru
"Ignorance is not bliss, it is oblivion."Jawaharlal Nehru
"The mind requires a good deal of food."Jawaharlal Nehru
"Knowledge is the key to progress."Jawaharlal Nehru
"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do with what he or she knows that counts."Booker T. Washington
"There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all."Booker T. Washington
"At the present time, the Negro is making more progress in securing a practical education than in securing a theoretical education."Booker T. Washington
"Learn everything you can about your past so you can know where you're going."Malcolm X
"If you want to know about an animal, you have to go live where that animal lives."Malcolm X
"Read everything they write about yourself, study it, analyze it."Malcolm X
"The problem with us is that we're too blind, too deaf, and too dumb."Malcolm X
"Knowledge without wisdom is like a sword in the hands of a child."Jawaharlal Nehru
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is the proper use of knowledge."Indira Gandhi
"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of truth."Indira Gandhi
"The true college will ever have one goal—not to earn meat, but to know the world."W.E.B. Du Bois
"The riddle of existence is the college curriculum."W.E.B. Du Bois
"We should fear ignorance more than death."W.E.B. Du Bois
"The knowledge that we are making history is a powerful feeling."Emmeline Pankhurst
"One cannot be at the same time a student and a skeptic. Learning requires an open mind."Booker T. Washington
"There is no royal road to knowledge; the path is always the same: hard work and dedication."Booker T. Washington
"The key to national development lies in education and scientific temper."Jawaharlal Nehru
"The pursuit of knowledge should have no boundaries or limitations."Jawaharlal Nehru
"The mind is the greatest asset a person can possess."Jawaharlal Nehru