“Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.”
Arabic Saying
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Knowledge Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge Quotes
Read the best knowledge quotes on learning, wisdom and curiosity from Lao Tzu, Zhuangzi, Kant, Thiruvalluvar, Saadi, Pasteur, the Upanishads and more.
“Seek knowledge, even if it be as far as China.”
Arabic Saying
EffortLearning
“Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.”
Chinese Proverb
PracticeTreasure
“To know the laws is not to memorise their words but to grasp their force and meaning.”
Celsus (Roman jurist)
UnderstandingLaw
“We learn, not for life, but for the classroom.”
Seneca
EducationCriticism
“All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in your own mind.”
Swami Vivekananda
MindInner Wisdom
“One who has faith, who is devoted to it and has mastered the senses, attains knowledge; and having attained knowledge, soon finds supreme peace.”
The Bhagavad Gita
FaithPeace
“Into blind darkness enter those who worship ignorance; into greater darkness, as it were, enter those who delight in knowledge alone.”
The Upanishads
BalanceWisdom
“He who knows Brahman becomes Brahman.”
The Upanishads
Spiritual KnowledgeShort Quotes
“When there is no food for the ear, give a little to the stomach too.”
Thiruvalluvar
ListeningBalance
“Though you have not learned, listen; in times of weakness it will be a staff to lean on.”
Thiruvalluvar
ListeningSupport
“Ears not pierced by learning, though they can hear, are deaf.”
Thiruvalluvar
ListeningLearning
“Those who know only the taste of the tongue and not of the ear, what does it matter whether they live or die?”
Thiruvalluvar
ListeningPurpose
“The man of humble birth who has learning ranks above the man of noble birth who has none.”
Thiruvalluvar
EqualityEducation
“Like those who play at dice without a board, are those who speak in an assembly without full knowledge.”
Thiruvalluvar
SpeakingPreparation
“The pride of the unlearned will vanish when he speaks among the learned.”
Thiruvalluvar
PrideHumility
“The unlearned are like barren land; they merely exist.”
Thiruvalluvar
LearningGrowth
“For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.”
The Bible (Proverbs 2:6)
WisdomFaith
“Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.”
The Bible (Proverbs 10:14)
WisdomSpeech
“Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good.”
The Bible (Proverbs 19:2)
LearningSoul
“There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.”
The Bible (Proverbs 20:15)
ValueSpeech
“Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.”
The Bible (1 Corinthians 8:1)
HumilityLove
“The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright.”
The Bible (Proverbs 15:2)
WisdomSpeech
“In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
The Bible (Colossians 2:3)
TreasureFaith
“I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.”
The Bible (Philippians 3:8)
FaithPriorities