Quotes About Knowledge

When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.

In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.

When you're truly connecting with wisdom, the more you learn, the more you realize the less you know.

While hard data may inform the intellect, it is largely soft data that generates wisdom.

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.

In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.

Contrary to popular wisdom, knowledge is not power-it's potential power. Knowledge is not mastery. Execution is mastery. Execution will trump knowledge every day of the week.

For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.

Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom.

The first beginnings of wisdom...is to ask questions but never to answer any.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

Where knowledge ends... feeling and imagination begin.

The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.

Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you wisdom unless you first empty your cup?

Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.

Wisdom comes from experience, but experience is not enough. Experience anticipated and experience revisited is the true source of wisdom.

To ask the proper question is half of knowing.

Spend your leisure time in cultivating an ear attentive to discourse, for in this way you will find that you learn with ease what others have found out with difficulty.