Knowledge Quotes


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

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  • 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.

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