Quotes About Knowledge

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.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

I complained to Waki' about the weakness of my memorisation, So he instructed me to abandon disobedience; He informed me that knowledge is a light, And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.

Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.

Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.

You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

When the wisdom speaks, be silent. Do not waste your candle when the sun is there.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.