Knowledge Quotes

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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness. — Laozi
True words seem false. — Laozi
True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true. — Laozi
Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right. — Laozi
Those who know are not learned. Those who are learned do not know. — Laozi
Abandon wisdom, discard knowledge, and people will benefit a hundredfold. — Laozi
Abandon knowledge and your worries are over. — Laozi
I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing. — Laozi
Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day. — Laozi
My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice. Still, no one in the world can understand or practice them. — Laozi
My words have an origin. My deeds have a sovereign. Truly, because people do not understand this, they do not understand me. — Laozi
That so few understand me is why I am treasured. — Laozi
A good person is the bad person's teacher. A bad person is the good person's task. — Laozi
The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused. — Laozi
The superior student listens to the Way and follows it closely. The average student listens to the Way and follows some and some not. The… — Laozi
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant. — Laozi
To rule by knowledge ravages the country. — Laozi
I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the… — Daniel Kahikina Akaka
The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as… — Ernst Mach
At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary things of the… — William John Wills

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