Knowledge Quotes

"To be conscious is always to be conscious of something; pure consciousness without an object is impossible."

"The horizon of meaning extends infinitely; we can never exhaust what any object means."

"Absolute knowledge is not a final achievement but an infinite task that guides all inquiry."

"Every perception contains within it a world of possible further perceptions, shaping what can be known."

"Every judgment contains within it a sedimented history of previous judgments and experiences."

"We never perceive things completely; each perception opens onto infinite horizons of further possible perception."

"We must think the unthought; consciousness always exceeds what we can make explicit."

"We achieve knowledge not by escaping subjectivity but by understanding subjectivity in its essential forms."

"The phenomenological investigation is infinite; new essences come into view as we deepen our inquiry."

"To understand truth, we must understand how truth constitutes itself in consciousness."

"Knowledge of the relations of things constitutes true knowledge."

"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."

"The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our present consciousness is only one out of many worlds."

"The greatest achievement in knowledge is the knowledge of the limits of knowledge."

"There is nothing more practical than a good theory."

"We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience."

"The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning."

"We only think when we are confronted with problems."

"To know is to understand the causes of things."

"The capacity for growth is limitless when we continue to question and explore."

"The truly educated person is one who understands that their education will never be complete."

"Reasoning is of three kinds: deduction, induction, and abduction."

"The elements of every concept enter into every proposition."

"The art of reasoning is nothing but arranging things in their proper order."

"We cannot gain new knowledge without being wrong sometimes."

"Do not block the way of inquiry."

"All our ideas are nothing but perceptions of relations."

"Knowledge is not a commodity to be hoarded."

"The greatest gift is the capacity to learn."

"Every individual carries within them the accumulated experience of their culture and time."