Knowledge Quotes

"Knowledge acquired through experience is always particular."

"Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."

"To study this subject properly one must become familiar with every aspect of English life."

"Language is practical consciousness that exists also for other men."

"Empiricism does not see beyond the empirical world; it cannot rise to theory."

"The advancement of human knowledge becomes the source of all innovation."

"Consciousness is the enemy of progress."

"The course of intellectual development is the same for all humanity, in essence."

"The necessity of thought is the freedom of thought."

"To understand the present, one must understand the past."

"The concept is the truth of the thing itself."

"Knowledge is the process of negating ignorance."

"The highest form of consciousness is the understanding of one's place in history."

"Sight is the most comprehensive of the senses; it reveals to us the widest range of existence."

"The greatest obstacle to knowledge is the assumption that we already possess it."

"The mind creates order from the chaos of sensory experience through active perception."

"Knowledge advances when we question not only what we believe but why we believe it."

"The value of an idea is measured not by its age but by its truth and usefulness."

"A single clear idea is worth more than a thousand confused notions."

"All knowledge degenerates into probability."

"All kinds of numismatic and literary knowledge serve to pass away the time."

"The mind can think about the mind thinking about itself."

"To be conscious is to be aware of one's own existence and the existence of others."

"Absolute knowledge is the goal of all thinking."

"Knowledge is the self-knowledge of the Absolute."

"He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally ignorant of the opposite side, he has no ground for preferring either opinion."

"Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think."

"How little it is possible to know of a country that has been visited only in a cursory manner!"

"The power of custom is so great that we often do not perceive it."

"Knowledge without wisdom is like a ship without a rudder."