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Here are 145 of the most inspiring knowledge quotes I could find. Hope you'll find a new perspective on knowledge and wisdom through these beautiful words. Enjoy!
Know that you don't know. That is superior. Lao Tzu
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. Bruce Lee
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand. Frank Herbert
The dumbest people I know are those who know it all. Malcolm Forbes
Real knowledge is intrinsic and it's built from the ground up. Naval Ravikant
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. Epictetus
The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. Eden Phillpotts
Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring. Small words are chatter. Zhuangzi
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. Albert Einstein
To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day. Lao Tzu
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Confucius
The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. Laurence Sterne
Humility will teach you knowledge, arrogance will teach you ignorance. If you think you know it all, you have learned nothing. Thibaut (@kpaxs)
The end of all knowledge should be service to others. Cesar Chavez
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. Margaret Fuller
Related topics: education, humility, learning
The Best Knowledge Quotes
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Any fool can know. The point is to understand. Albert Einstein
The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more. Charlie Munger
The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself… The more you learn, the more you'll earn. Warren Buffett
Knowledge is a skyscraper. You can take a shortcut with a fragile foundation of memorization, or build slowly upon a steel frame of understanding. Naval Ravikant
The ultimate test of knowledge is self-transformation. Knowledge is of use only if it brings a profound change in yourself. Make sure that your knowledge is qualitative, not just quantitative. The quality of understanding is important, not the quantity of information. @TheAncientSage
Wise people say less than they know. Fools say everything they know and many things they don't. @TheStoicEmperor
When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man. Zen proverb
The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways. Robert Greene
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin
Knowing what you don't know is more useful than being brilliant. Charlie Munger Click to tweet
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Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. William Shakespeare
The learning and knowledge that we have is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. Plato
The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things. Plato
If your goal is lasting insight, consuming news that will be irrelevant next week is a bad strategy. Michael
In an age of information abundance, the only things that really need to be taught are those that are counterintuitive. Michael
Almost all Americans own a smartphone or a computer. Each device contains the library of Alexandria. The sum total of all world knowledge. You can learn anything. Why don't you? Too busy tracking social status. Too enthralled by imagery your evolution can't resist. @TheStoicEmperor
I know just enough to know how little we know. Naval Ravikant
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. Martin Luther King Jr Click to tweet
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. Albert Einstein
If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. Rachel Carson
Real knowledge breeds "body feel" and personal expression; surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity. Bruce Lee
Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty. Will Durant
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Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty. Jacob Bronowski Click to tweet
Knowledge is rooted in all things — the world is a library. Lakota proverb
Knowledge is useful when applied, but over-accumulated for its own sake is a burden. Naval Ravikant
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. Anton Chekhov
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The Most Famous Knowledge Quotes
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Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon Click to tweet
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. Warren Buffett
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better. Maya Angelou
I am a part of everything that I have read. Theodore Roosevelt
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates
The more you know the less you understand. Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching)
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. Leonardo da Vinci
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin
The only thing that I know, is that I know nothing. René Descartes
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There is no knowledge that is not power. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. Henry Ford
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. James Madison
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. Oscar Wilde
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. Voltaire Click to tweet
To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. Nicolaus Copernicus
Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality. Dalai Lama
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. Plato
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Plato
If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed. Mark Twain
Short Knowledge Quotes
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Knowledge without transformation is not wisdom. Paulo Coelho Click to tweet
Wisdom is the daughter of experience. Leonardo da Vinci
Diversification is a hedge against a lack of knowledge. Naval Ravikant
Wisdom > knowledge > information > data. Shane Parrish
Knowledge, like milk, has an expiry date. Shane Parrish
The more you know, the less you need to say. Jim Rohn Click to tweet
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. Unknown
Knowledge has a beginning but no end. Geeta S. Iyengar
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. Jimi Hendrix
Time, as it grows old, teaches all things. Aeschylus
It's not knowledge that will transform you, it's understanding. Maxime Lagacé
Inspirational Knowledge Quotes
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Take small bites. Before people realize it, you have accumulated an empire. Robert Greene Click to tweet
Better to understand a little than do misunderstand a lot. Lord Chesterfield
Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Charlie Munger
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. James Madison
Now we have the Internet, which is the greatest weapon of knowledge ever created, completely interconnected. Naval Ravikant
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards – wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity – come from ignoring others and improving ourselves. Naval Ravikant
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises. Leo Buscaglia
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. Anais Nin
Your problem is not a lack of knowledge; you already have more of it than 90% of people will ever have. The problem is a lack of implementation. Once you've acquired a certain amount of knowledge, adding more to it is less important than putting your current knowledge to work. @TheAncientSage
The value of knowledge depends on what else you know. David Perell
I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith. Immanuel Kant
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you. Neil deGrasse Tyson
A great book can transmit years of wisdom in a few afternoons. Each sentence conveys meaning with precision and economy. A great book is a patient teacher and a deathless companion. A man with a good library has a thousand good mentors. @TheStoicEmperor
No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire. L. Frank Baum
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. Ralph W. Sockman Click to tweet
Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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Funny Knowledge Quotes
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I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know. Mark Twain
Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. Howard Nemerov Click to tweet
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. Bertrand Russell
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. Kurt Vonnegut
If you think that knowledge alone is power, remember: people still smoke and drink soda. Ed Latimore
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. Miles Kington
If book knowledge made great investors, than the librarians would all be rich. Warren Buffett
Deep Knowledge Sayings
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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. George Bernard Shaw Click to tweet
The overeducated are worse off than the undereducated, having traded common sense for the illusion of knowledge. Naval Ravikant
Better to know how to know than to be taught what to know. Thibaut
Knowledge is cumulative when you focus on things that change slowly. Shane Parrish
Our tragedy is that we read too much and reflect too little. Anything worth reading is worth deep contemplation. Knowledge without absorption leaves no lasting mark on us and is little different from a passing amusement. @TheAncientSage
Understanding is far more important than knowledge. Knowledge is quantitative. It is information. It remains peripheral. Understanding is qualitative. It penetrates your heart and permeates your being. Knowledge boosts the ego but only understanding brings transformation. @TheAncientSage
Timeless knowledge prepares you for a changing world. James Pierce
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to and end. Jiddu Krishnamurti
You can only be afraid of what you think you know. Jiddu Krishnamurti
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge – myth is more potent than history – dreams are more powerful than facts – hope always triumphs over experience – laughter is the cure for grief – love is stronger than death. Robert Fulghum
The more you possess the more you are possessed. Thibaut
Most college degrees are certificates of gullibility. @LifeMathMoney
I try to get rid of people who always confidently answer questions about which they don't have any real knowledge. Charlie Munger
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. Alexander Pope
Learn to use the knowledge of the past and you will look like a genius, even when you are really just a clever borrower. Robert Greene
Do anything to break up your normal train of thinking and your sense that you already know the truth. Robert Greene
Knowledge has three degrees – opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus
That which we desire lies across an ocean of hard won knowledge. @TheStoicEmperor Click to tweet
They will call you lost for not following the same route as others. They will call you a geek for being a knowledge-seeker. They will call you ugly for not looking like celebrities. They will call you dumb for not being an academic. Thibaut
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge and there is no place for it in the endeavor of science. Carl Sagan
Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal. Horace Mann
These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future. Vernon Cooper
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See also: 10 Daily Rituals of the Most Intelligent People (inc.com)
Wise Knowledge Sayings
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James Click to tweet
Acknowledging what you don't know is the dawning of wisdom. Charlie Munger
Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge. Leonardo da Vinci
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not informed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him. Leo Tolstoy
To borrow general knowledge, copy others. To earn specific knowledge, take action. Shane Parrish (twitter.com)
We do not need more knowledge but more wisdom. Wisdom comes from our own attention. Jack Kornfield
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. Marilyn Vos Savant
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. Thomas Carlyle
Knowledge if not digested does not give nutrition, only adds weight. Osho
As we move forward we must remember that despite our quest, the shores of our ignorance grow as the Island of Knowledge grows. Shane Parrish
Are you focused enough on the same thing to build cumulative knowledge or are you too spread out? Shane Parrish
Information – so abundant it's worth practically nothing. Knowledge – scarce enough to be worth $, price determined by supply and demand, distribution follows a bell curve. Insight – So rare it could be worth a fortune, distribution is fat-tailed and the Black Swan rules. Johnny Uzan
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. John Locke
Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them. Ram Dass
Doubt is wisdom. People are dangerous when they are certain that their cause is just and their facts are right. Paulo Coelho
This presumption that you possess knowledge of any use has to be dropped before you approach philosophy – just as if we were enrolling in a school of music or mathematics. Marcus Aurelius
Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Information, the knowledge of facts, though ever increasing, is by its very nature limited. Wisdom is infinite, it includes knowledge and the way of action; but we take hold of a branch and think it is the whole tree. Through the knowledge of the part, we can never realize the joy of the whole. Intellect can never lead to the whole, for it is only a segment, a part. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Constantly remind yourself of how little you truly know, and of how mysterious the world remains. Robert Greene
If you're broke and tell people money is not important, they won't listen to you. If you're ignorant and say knowledge is vanity, no one believes you. If you preach stoicism but never faced any difficulties, your sermon is futile. Let your message grow out of your own experience. @TheAncientSage
It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it. Persian proverb
Everything we know has an expiration date. Samuel Arbesman
Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. William Cowper Click to tweet
A society of narrowly developed specialists is a society expert in seeing trees but not forests. @TheStoicEmperor
A miseducation is much more dangerous than no education. An uneducated person has common sense born of pattern recognition. A miseducated person has traded good sense for bad theories. @TheStoicEmperor
Knowledge is either from direct experience or from verifiable, falsifiable science. There is knowledge that is transmitted but not verifiable / falsifiable, and this knowledge is indistinguishable from that which is false. Naval Ravikant
To know that you do not know is the best. To think you know when you do not is a disease. Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it. Lao Tzu
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason. Immanuel Kant
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. Michel de Montaigne
The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure. Buddhist proverb
Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand. Guinean proverb
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See also: 14 Ways to Acquire Knowledge: A Timeless Guide from 1936 (brainpickings.org)
Part 3. Conclusion
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Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind].
Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of [people].
I have wished to know why the stars shine.
Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth;
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart
Of children in famine, of victims tortured
And of old people left helpless.
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
And I too suffer.
This has been my life; I found it worth living.
Bertrand Russell
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