Knowledge Quotes

"Every word or phrase, even the most abstract, has only meaning insofar as we can point to something concrete that it describes."

"New scientific truth does not triumph by convincing opponents, but rather because opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."

"The methods and results of natural science are not the only rational approach to knowledge and understanding."

"Only a few of us understand science well enough to realize how little we know about the world."

"Understanding does not mean that the perceived information is immediately accessible to consciousness."

"Without the germ theory, I would be unable to understand the deep causes of fermentation."

"Each discovery opens new horizons."

"A discovery is a beginning, not an ending."

"The important thing is not so much to know, as to know what you know and what you do not."

"Every disease has a specific cause."

"The most important thing is to understand what you are doing."

"What I cannot create, I do not understand."

"Knowing the name of something doesn't mean you understand it."

"The effort to achieve high precision exposes the inadequacies of our concepts."

"Do not be fooled by coincidence; seek the underlying patterns."

"The real problem is that we are dealing with an abstraction that has no concrete meaning."

"Science is a process of generating questions and seeking answers."

"In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught."

"Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe."

"It is a beautiful and delightful thing to know something, to understand some matter."

"The book of nature is written in the language of mathematics."

"The mind is the equal of the body in the pursuit of truth."

"The great book of nature can be read only by those who know the language in which it was written."

"The glory of creation is its complexity; the glory of man is his ability to understand that complexity."

"Understanding comes not from acceptance, but from inquiry."

"The mind of man is capable of understanding the workings of nature."

"Knowing is more powerful than believing."

"The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions."

"In the garden of knowledge, every flower tells a story."

"The pursuit of understanding is the highest calling of humanity."