Knowledge Quotes

"Logic is prior to all other sciences."

"We discover truths; we do not create them."

"Every thought has a determinate sense."

"Concepts stand in fixed relations to one another."

"The meaning of a word must be specified clearly."

"Every concept divides objects into classes."

"The sense of an expression determines its reference."

"Objects and concepts are fundamentally different."

"A name stands for an object; a concept stands for a function."

"Objects fall under concepts; concepts do not fall under concepts."

"We apprehend thoughts; we do not create them."

"Clarity is the sine qua non of philosophy."

"Objects and functions are the furniture of the world."

"The true method of discovery is like the flight of an aeroplane. It starts with the ground of particular observation; it makes a flight in the thin air of imaginative generalization; and it again lands for renewed observation rendered acute by rational analysis."

"Exact knowledge is the enemy of discovery."

"Understanding is the apex of existence."

"The unity of experience is vital to understanding."

"Logic teaches us that on a certain stage things must be; experience teaches us that on a certain other stage they are or are not, obligatory or impossible."

"A mathematical truth is neither simple nor complicated in itself, it is."

"The scientist worthy of the name is one who has this constant desire to know all new discoveries as they come along."

"Objects are not what matter. What matters is our knowledge of objects."

"I would rather discover one cause than be the author of many effects."

"Facts are less important than the relations between facts."

"The language of mathematics is the universal tongue."

"A good definition is one that illuminates rather than obscures."

"What we call a result is only a resting point on an infinite road."

"The greatest scientist is not the one with the most facts but with the best questions."

"Human knowledge is like a tree; it grows but never loses its roots."

"Order emerges not from chaos but from our understanding of it."

"The mathematical mind is not just about numbers, but about seeing patterns in the universe."