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