Knowledge Quotes

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

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"Knowledge is power but wisdom is using it well."
Seamus Heaney
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"Knowledge grows when shared with others."
Seamus Heaney
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"Knowledge without compassion is merely accumulation."
Padraig Colum
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of freedom."
Padraig Colum
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"The greatest wisdom is knowing that wisdom itself is uncertainty."
Fernando Pessoa
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"Knowledge is beautiful only when it transforms the knower."
Fernando Pessoa
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"Memory is unreliable, yet it's all we have to construct our identity."
John Banville
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"Memory is a reconstruction, not a retrieval."
John Banville
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"Knowledge without compassion is merely cleverness."
Austin Clarke
"Knowledge without wisdom is like a well without water."
Patrick Kavanagh
"Knowledge accumulates; wisdom integrates."
Patrick Kavanagh
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"Every expert was once a beginner."
Christy Brown
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"Knowledge is power."
Christy Brown
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"The pursuit of knowledge is endless, and this infinity is either our greatest blessing or our curse."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."
Seán Ó Faoláin
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"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill."
Seán Ó Faoláin
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"The pursuit of knowledge never stops, if the mind remains open."
Christy Brown
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"The real challenge is to articulate what you know without being self-conscious about it."
Seamus Heaney
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"Poetry is a way of knowing the world that is different from but complementary to science."
Seamus Heaney
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"To understand poetry is to understand something essential about human consciousness."
Seamus Heaney
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"Knowledge without wisdom is like a ship without a rudder."
Padraig Colum
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"Knowledge is the inheritance of the dead; wisdom is the bequest to the living."
Padraig Colum
"Knowledge is the beginning of virtue"
Frank O'Connor
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change"
Frank O'Connor
"A simple thing can contain infinite depth"
Patrick Kavanagh
"Knowledge without compassion becomes tyranny"
Patrick Kavanagh
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"To understand a people, you must first understand their stories."
Austin Clarke
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"The knowledge we refuse to acknowledge shapes us as surely as the knowledge we embrace."
Austin Clarke
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"A man without curiosity is like a house without windows."
Seán Ó Faoláin
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"Knowledge without context is merely information."
Austin Clarke