Knowledge Quotes

"The constitution of meaning is an ongoing process, never fully completed."

"The reduction reveals that all knowing, even of external things, occurs within consciousness."

"The lifeworld is not discovered but rather excavated through phenomenological investigation."

"The reduction to essence allows us to distinguish between necessary and contingent features."

"Symbols grow. They come into being by development out of other signs."

"All knowledge is obtained through observation and inference."

"To understand a sign is to understand its relation to other signs."

"We cannot think without symbols."

"The mind is fundamentally a sign-making apparatus."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all pursuits."

"To understand is to connect the particular to the universal."

"The work of understanding is never complete."

"Understanding is the distinctive method of the human sciences."

"Experience is the raw material from which all knowledge emerges."

"Knowledge of the past illuminates present possibilities."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the most noble human endeavor."

"Consciousness in the human being is the consciousness of infinity."

"Thinking is the highest form of human activity."

"To have an object is the condition of all knowledge."

"Sensations are our highest knowledge."

"Knowledge is power, but only if it is put into practice."

"Consciousness separates man from nature."

"All knowledge is relative to the observer."

"Knowledge gives us power over our circumstances."

"The conscious mental life is presided over by voluntary attention."

"The practical needs and purposes of life itself first prompted the development of knowledge."

"The most universal property of mind is the ability to make comparisons."

"There is no subject that cannot be taught to any child at virtually any age if it is presented authentically."

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

"There is nothing in the intellect that was not first in the senses."