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 only if you have the courage to apply it."
Gupta, Akhil
"My brain is only a receiver. In the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength, and inspiration."
Nikola Tesla
"The more we learn, the more we realize how little we know."
Nikola Tesla
"The only source of knowledge is experience."
Albert Einstein
"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual."
Galileo Galilei
"To understand the universe, you must understand the language in which it is written."
Galileo Galilei
"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."
Galileo Galilei
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge."
Galileo Galilei
"The book of the universe cannot be read until we have learned the language and become familiar with the characters in which it is written."
Galileo Galilei
"Small discoveries lead to great truths."
Galileo Galilei
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"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."
Marie Curie
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"I have spent years studying radioactivity, yet there is still so much we do not understand."
Marie Curie
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the most noble of all human endeavors."
Marie Curie
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"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
Isaac Newton
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"A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true."
Isaac Newton
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"Knowledge is the torch that illuminates the darkness."
Isaac Newton
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"Knowledge without compassion is merely information."
Gupta, Akhil
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"Knowledge shared multiplies; knowledge hoarded diminishes."
Gupta, Akhil
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"Language is never neutral; it is always a site of struggle."
Muñoz, José Esteban
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"The street is a text that we must learn to read."
Muñoz, José Esteban
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"We are all archives of the past, carrying history in our bodies."
Muñoz, José Esteban
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"The archive is a space where the dead speak to us."
Muñoz, José Esteban
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."
Albert Einstein
"The only source of knowledge is experience."
Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother."
Albert Einstein
"What a person thinks on his own, without being stimulated, is fruitful. What he learns from others is superficial."
Albert Einstein
"The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line."
Albert Einstein
"Instinct is something which transcends knowledge."
Nikola Tesla
"I have revolutionized the fundamental principles of electrical knowledge."
Nikola Tesla
"The more we learn, the more we realize how much we do not know."
Nikola Tesla