Knowledge Quotes by Confucius

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

— Confucius

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

— Confucius

What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.

— Confucius

“Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to…

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I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest…

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To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that…

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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

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The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.

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“There are those who act without knowing; I will have none of this. To hear a lot, choose the good, and follow…

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Only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come to…

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“he who will not economize will have to agonize”

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The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to…

— Confucius

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing…

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Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.

— Confucius

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

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When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.

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To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

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What you know you know. What you don't know, you don't know. This is knowledge.

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Therefore only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come…

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The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

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To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true…

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Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.

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If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.

— Confucius

Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.

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True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one's knowledge.

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When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that…

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The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present…

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Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I…

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Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.

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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what…

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Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last…

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When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may…

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Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

— Confucius

Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.

— Confucius