Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"The integration of knowledge across disciplines reveals the hidden unity of all things."Averroes
"The accumulation of facts without understanding is not wisdom but merely memorization."Averroes
"Nothing can be unlearned."Cicero
"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."Cicero
"There is nothing in the intellect that was not first in the senses."Thomas Aquinas
"The greatest delight in the pursuit of truth is the discovery of truth."Thomas Aquinas
"All knowledge begins with names."Thomas Aquinas
"The intellect is the eye of the soul."Thomas Aquinas
"Memory without understanding is not true knowledge."Thomas Aquinas
"To understand is to know the cause."Thomas Aquinas
"The foolish fear the unknown; the wise study it."Seneca
"Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment."Seneca
"Providence has given us our senses as tools of discernment."Epictetus
"The first step toward the love of learning is the awareness of our ignorance."Epictetus
"In seeking wisdom, abandon the comfort of easy answers."Epictetus
"A man who has never suffered cannot grow wise."Epicureanism Epicurus
"It is the nature of every man to err, but only the wise improve themselves by the errors of others."Epicureanism Epicurus
"Desire is infinite and cannot be satisfied; but knowledge teaches us to restrain desire."Epicureanism Epicurus
"The purpose of all knowledge is love."Augustine of Hippo
"Understanding is the reward of faith."Augustine of Hippo
"Knowledge is a small candle in a dark world, but do not despise it."Augustine of Hippo
"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of peace."Augustine of Hippo
"Dig within. Within is the wellspring of good: and it is always ready to bubble up if you just dig."Marcus Aurelius
"Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind."Marcus Aurelius
"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind."Marcus Aurelius
"Memory is the treasure-house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved."Cicero
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."Cicero
"Nature has given us seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself."Cicero
"Knowledge is the key that opens a thousand doors."Cicero
"What appears miraculous to the ignorant is merely the operation of natural laws to the educated."Averroes