Knowledge Quotes

From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.

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"Memory is the treasury of the mind."
Thomas Aquinas
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"The highest form of knowledge is to know the good."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Ignorance is the root of all evil, and knowledge is the path to virtue."
Averroes
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"The study of logic is the gateway to all other forms of knowledge."
Averroes
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"The mind imprisoned by superstition cannot perceive the light of reason."
Averroes
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"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
Cicero
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"Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom."
Cicero
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"Memory is the treasury of the mind, and those who fail to preserve it wander in darkness."
Avicenna
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"A moment of genuine insight is worth more than a lifetime of accumulated opinion."
Avicenna
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"Ignorance may provide temporary comfort, but knowledge provides lasting peace."
Avicenna
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"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."
Thomas Aquinas
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"All knowledge begins in wonder."
Thomas Aquinas
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"The intellect is to the mind what vision is to the body."
Thomas Aquinas
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"All men naturally desire to know."
Thomas Aquinas
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"The intellect perceives eternal truths."
Thomas Aquinas
T
"The mind is like a vessel: the larger it is, the more it contains."
Thomas Aquinas
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"The senses are the gateway to knowledge."
Thomas Aquinas
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"To understand is to perceive the unity in diversity."
Thomas Aquinas
T
"Ignorance is not innocence, but only ignorance."
Thomas Aquinas
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"The most divine of all commandments is to know thyself."
Epictetus
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"A man of wisdom empties his mind at night."
Seneca
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"Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow."
Seneca
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"Knowledge does not come to us by chance, it is acquired by keen desire and constant application."
Seneca
"Let your mind penetrate into the causes of things."
Marcus Aurelius
"Cultivate your mind, and trust it to guide you."
Marcus Aurelius
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"The purpose of all discourse is to arrive at some truth we did not know before."
Augustine of Hippo
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"A person is not yet using the gift of their reason unless they understand the nature of virtue."
Augustine of Hippo
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"It was said that the gods made light but did not see fit to make humans capable of bearing it."
Augustine of Hippo
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"We cannot in any case return to ignorance once we have tasted knowledge."
Augustine of Hippo
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"The human intellect is a divine gift that elevates us above the beasts of the field."
Averroes