Knowledge Quotes

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

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"Through classification comes understanding."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"Knowledge is the greatest treasure of the mind."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"In nature's abundance, there is poverty of understanding."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"Love of knowledge is love of power."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"Knowledge without passion is mere accumulation."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"The study of one thing leads to the knowledge of all things."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"A scientist must approach his subject with both precision and humility."
Georges Cuvier
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"To classify is to understand; to understand is to revere the complexity of creation."
Georges Cuvier
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"What we discover in the earth today may reshape our understanding of tomorrow."
Georges Cuvier
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"In organization lies understanding; in understanding lies power."
Georges Cuvier
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"We do not discover nature; we merely learn her language more fluently."
Georges Cuvier
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"In the comparative study of creatures, we discover the unity beneath apparent diversity."
Georges Cuvier
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"What the ancients called magic, the naturalist explains through patient study."
Georges Cuvier
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"Each bone is a chapter in the vast library of natural history."
Georges Cuvier
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"The study of heredity teaches us that we are all connected through invisible threads of biological inheritance."
Hugo de Vries
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"The patient naturalist discovers more truth than the hasty philosopher."
Hugo de Vries
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"To understand mutation is to glimpse the mind of evolution at work."
Hugo de Vries
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"To understand plants is to understand the patient intelligence that governs all growth."
Hugo de Vries
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"The patient study of plants reveals that nature operates according to laws both elegant and profound."
Hugo de Vries
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"The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"The only knowledge which is really interesting to men is knowledge which relates to themselves."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the vocation of all truly great minds."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"The known is finite, the unknown infinite."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"Real knowledge consists in knowing things and not merely words."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost too."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"System and order are the keys to knowledge."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"To understand one plant is to begin understanding all creation."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"Classification is the bridge between observation and understanding."
Carolus Linnaeus