Knowledge Quotes

"The essences of singular things are conceived through the eternal essence of God."

"All discrimination arises from ignorance; knowledge dissolves prejudice."

"Adequate ideas come from understanding the universal nature of things."

"The intellect's power increases with the clarity and distinctness of its ideas."

"To understand ourselves is to understand our place in the infinite order of nature."

"Perfect knowledge would consist in knowing the essence of things."

"Sensory experience is the natural starting point, but not the final destination, of knowledge."

"True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words."

"All sciences are interconnected by the thread of reason."

"We must learn to distinguish between what is certain and what is merely probable."

"Evil arises from ignorance and weakness."

"To understand is to be able to explain."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the highest human endeavor."

"The scholar's ink is more holy than the martyr's blood."

"The wise man is he who knows himself and his Lord."

"Knowledge without wisdom is like a sword in the hands of a child."

"Humility is the garment of the learned."

"The acquisition of knowledge is the acquisition of power."

"The mind grows by what it feeds upon."

"Memory is the treasure house of the mind."

"To know thyself is to know the universe."

"The universe reveals its secrets to those who seek with genuine intent."

"Children are born ignorant of all things, like a blank slate waiting to be written upon."

"Curiosity is but hollowness; reading without purpose is sauntering, not progress."

"Nor are the ears alone to be exercised, but the mind must be refined by reason."

"Knowledge without experience is like a tree without roots."

"We must renounce the theory that the mind is furnished with a priori principles."

"The progress of knowledge has been the fruit of the labors of mankind."

"The passion for true knowledge is the noblest of all the passions."

"The human intellect is a light whose wax is made by God, not by nature."