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- A good person is the bad person's teacher. A bad person is the good person's task.
- The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.
- 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…
- In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
- To rule by knowledge ravages the country.
- Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.
- Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.
- Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this collection of facts,…
- To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, This is a noble insight. To regard our ignorance as knowledge, This is mental sickness. Only when we…
- For one gains by losing And loses by gaining.
- The more you know the less you understand.
- People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
- When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth. When there is no peace…
- Don't imagine that you'll discover {the truth} by accumulating more knowledge. Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge. You can't get…
- In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come to Perfection!
- To know how little one knows is to have genuine knowledge. Not to know how little one knows is to be deluded. Only those who…
- Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
- To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
- He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.
- Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.
- Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
- A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
More Knowledge Quotes
- We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. — Aristotle
- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
- All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day. — Karen Armstrong
- Research is creating new knowledge. — Neil Armstrong
- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold
- The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and… — Chester A. Arthur
- People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. — Isaac Asimov