Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Knowledge is the noblest of pleasures."Averroes
"The mind is the measure of all things."Averroes
"The pursuit of knowledge is a form of worship."Averroes
"The rational soul is the highest achievement of nature."Averroes
"The work of understanding is never truly complete."Averroes
"The nature of man is to desire knowledge; to long after it and to increase in understanding."Maimonides
"Seek knowledge in all places, for wisdom is not confined to the learned."Maimonides
"The purpose of knowledge is not knowledge itself, but right action."Maimonides
"Ignorance is the only true darkness; knowledge is the only true light."Maimonides
"The soul without knowledge is like a body without sustenance."Maimonides
"To understand is to bridge the gap between ignorance and truth."Maimonides
"The greatest good is the knowledge of the union which the mind has with the whole of nature."Spinoza, Baruch
"Understanding is the same as increasing one's power."Spinoza, Baruch
"The mind is eternal insofar as it understands all things as necessary."Spinoza, Baruch
"The mind's power is determined solely by knowledge."Spinoza, Baruch
"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."Descartes, René
"Human knowledge is the aggregate of all that we have come to know in our experience."Descartes, René
"The two operations of the human understanding are conception and judgment."Descartes, René
"To know nothing but to think we know is the greatest evil."Descartes, René
"Knowledge is power, but only when properly applied."Descartes, René
"In the darkness of ignorance, a single lamp of knowledge illuminates the way."Avicenna
"Knowledge without action is like a tree without fruit."Al-Ghazali
"Knowledge of evil is not evil, but ignorance is a different kind of blindness."Al-Ghazali
"Seek not to understand so that you may believe, but believe so that you may understand."Augustine of Hippo
"Curiosity is the gateway to knowledge."Augustine of Hippo
"Knowledge is power."Thomas Aquinas
"All knowledge is ultimately self-knowledge."Thomas Aquinas
"The mind is perfected by the perfection of its objects."Thomas Aquinas
"The intellect cannot suffer the void."Thomas Aquinas
"The mind can never rest in the uncertain."Thomas Aquinas