Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Knowledge pursued for its own sake is never wasted."Leopoldo Lugones
"The territory is not the map, but the map shows the territory."Julio Cortázar
"Knowledge without action is merely philosophy."Julio Cortázar
"Knowledge without compassion is merely arrogance."Ernesto Sabato
"Knowledge is a burden that isolates us from the masses."Ernesto Sabato
"I aspire to an intelligence beautiful and clear."Juan Ramón Jiménez
"Knowledge grows when shared."Juan Ramón Jiménez
"Knowledge without compassion becomes tyranny"Rafael Alberti
"The more you understand life, the more you understand yourself."Federico García Lorca
"The writer's responsibility is to illuminate the darkness of ignorance."Leopoldo Lugones
"Knowledge without compassion is merely accumulation."Leopoldo Lugones
"The intellect is a terrible thing to waste on thinking."Julio Cortázar
"The most dangerous ideas are those we mistake for obvious."Julio Cortázar
"The most profound knowledge is often the simplest."Julio Cortázar
"The more one reads, the less one understands."Jorge Luis Borges
"The act of reading is mysterious; it is a miracle of communication."Jorge Luis Borges
"Knowledge without wonder is mere accumulation of facts."Jorge Luis Borges
"In order to arrive at what you know not, you must go by a way which you know not."Antonio Machado
"To know oneself is the beginning of wisdom."Antonio Machado
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."Antonio Machado
"The greatest discovery is yet to come."Antonio Machado
"To be understood is a luxury; to understand oneself is a miracle."Luis Cernuda
"The deepest form of understanding is silent and requires no words."Luis Cernuda
"Knowledge without compassion becomes a weapon."Juan Ramón Jiménez
"Knowledge that does not transform us remains mere information."Juan Ramón Jiménez
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing when not to use it."Rafael Alberti
"Knowledge is the inheritance every generation must claim anew."Rafael Alberti
"To know yourself is the beginning of all wisdom"Federico García Lorca
"Knowledge without compassion is like a weapon in the hands of a child"Federico García Lorca
"To understand the present, one must first understand the past."Leopoldo Lugones