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