Here’s a few knowledge quotes for your enjoyment:
I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about. -Oscar Wilde
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. -Anton Chekhov
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment. -Lao Tzu
The only source of knowledge is experience. -Albert Einstein
To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. -Henry David Thoreau
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. -Martin H. Fischer
Better know nothing than half-know many things. -Friedrich Nietzsche
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. -Aristotle
To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold. -Peachy Jr
Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. -Kahlil Gibran
The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. -Thomas Berger
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. -Kahlil Gibran
There is much pleasure to be gained from usless knowledge. -Bertrand Russell
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. -Margaret Fuller
Knowledge and timber shouldn’t be much used till they are seasoned. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial. -Sophocles
Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. -Joseph Addison
For love is ever the beginning of Knowledge, as fire is of light. -Thomas Carlvle
You know more than you think you do. -Benjamin Spock
What do you think about knowledge? And these quotes? Any jump out at you? Please share your thoughts (knowledge?) below.
Hello Shawn,
Great quotes you have shared here. I particulary like these:
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. -Anton Chekhov
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. -Martin H. Fischer
The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. -Thomas Berger
For love is ever the beginning of Knowledge, as fire is of light. -Thomas Carlvle
I found a few to share as well.
~ He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever. ~
Chinese Proverb
~ Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes. ~
Panchatantra
~ To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. ~
Disraeli
~ To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. ~
Marilyn vos Savant
~ He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge – who knows who has written and where it is to be found. ~
A. A. Hodge: Education
~ Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. ~
Albert Einstein
~ There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to possess it. ~
Napoleon Hill
~ Knowledge is the food of the soul. ~
Plato
~ Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and having no flame with which to ignite it. ~
Guy Finley
Awesome! Thanks for sharing those quotes, Lee. I really the last one by Guy Finley; makes me want to put more of myself into my learning.
Thanks so much for quotes loaded with practical wisdom that anyone can apply to move his life forward.