Knowledge Quotes
Quotes about knowledge and the pursuit of understanding. This hand-picked collection brings together 30 of the finest knowledge quotes ever written — from Socrates, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Virgil and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Happy is he who can discover the causes of things.
Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own understanding.
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
Whoever in discussion adduces his authority uses not intellect but memory.
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder.
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Let knowledge grow from more to more, but more of reverence in us dwell.
The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
A full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; the proper study of mankind is man.
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
It is wiser to find out than to suppose.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.