Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom."Boris Pasternak
"To understand a thing is to become one with it, at least momentarily."Boris Pasternak
"The greatest discoveries come from following wrong questions deeply."Boris Pasternak
"The pursuit of knowledge is a lifelong journey."Nikolai Gogol
"To know oneself is true progress."Nikolai Gogol
"The greatest misfortune of the wise is that the world will not hear them."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"The price of inattention to any area of life is unconsciousness."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Knowledge is the antidote to fear."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Knowledge is power, but it is also responsibility."Mikhail Lermontov
"Being aware of one's disease is half the cure."Vladimir Nabokov
"The pages of a great book conceal treasures that reward the careful reader."Vladimir Nabokov
"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of truth."Aleksandr Pushkin
"Knowledge is infinite treasure."Aleksandr Pushkin
"Experience is wisdom purchased at great cost."Nikolai Gogol
"True knowledge is knowing how little we understand."Boris Pasternak
"The clever person is interested in the opinions of others; the wise person in facts."Maxim Gorky
"The pursuit of knowledge is a never-ending journey."Maxim Gorky
"A man should know the language of his mother and his country."Ivan Turgenev
"Knowledge is power only if it is applied."Ivan Turgenev
"To understand the world, one must read."Ivan Turgenev
"Knowledge without reflection is useless."Aleksandr Pushkin
"To question everything is the beginning of wisdom."Aleksandr Pushkin
"I've noticed that people rarely recognize the limits of their knowledge."Anton Chekhov
"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it."Anton Chekhov
"Talent is a great thing, yet we must never forget that knowledge is power."Anton Chekhov
"Knowledge hoarded is knowledge that withers like unpicked fruit."Mikhail Lermontov
"The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is organized ignorance."Mikhail Lermontov
"We are dying from cerebral misconstruction."Vladimir Nabokov
"Pattern and structure are everywhere, if you know how to look for them."Vladimir Nabokov
"Language is a tool, but it is also a prison."Vladimir Nabokov