Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Knowledge without compassion is merely cleverness."Padraig Colum
"Knowledge is power only when paired with action."Padraig Colum
"Meaning is something we impose rather than discover."John Banville
"Knowledge without humility becomes tyranny."John Banville
"Knowledge is burden disguised as enlightenment."John Banville
"Knowledge without application is merely the accumulation of useless facts."Luís de Camões
"Knowledge without compassion is merely the accumulation of emptiness."Eça de Queirós
"Knowledge accumulates, but understanding remains elusive."Eça de Queirós
"Knowledge without conscience is like a ship without a rudder."Saramago
"Knowledge is the only treasure that multiplies when shared."Luís de Camões
"The past is not a burden to be discarded but a resource to be understood."Austin Clarke
"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."Austin Clarke
"I carry all of humanity within me, and I understand nothing."Fernando Pessoa
"To understand is to be forever disappointed."Fernando Pessoa
"The greatest wisdom is knowing how little we truly know."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."José María de Eça de Queirós
"To understand a people, you must know their stories."Padraig Colum
"The worst blindness is not to want to see."Saramago
"A nation's true wealth lies not in gold, but in the wisdom of its people."Luís de Camões
"Knowledge is not power; the application of knowledge is power"Patrick Kavanagh
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing"Patrick Kavanagh
"I am a reader and I read everything, but I am also a skeptic of everything I read."Fernando Pessoa
"Knowledge without compassion is merely data."John Banville
"The mind is both prison and palace."John Banville
"Knowledge is the burden of those who see too clearly."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Knowledge is the weight we carry for the privilege of seeing."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Knowledge is the fire that illuminates and burns."José María de Eça de Queirós
"The power of words lies not in their sound, but in their ability to transform consciousness."Austin Clarke
"The pursuit of knowledge is the journey from darkness to light."Austin Clarke
"The usual clarity of the deeply observed is missing."Seamus Heaney