Gaining knowledge Quote by Socrates

“Understanding how or why is very seldom as useful as understanding that things are. I am.”

— Robin Hobb

“Our knowledge leads to a particular awareness that influences how we view and understand things in general.”

— Dr. Hussam Atef Elkhatib

“To gain knowledge, you may simply observe, but to truly understand, you must experience.”

— M.P. Sharma

“The better to understand the nature, manner, and extent of our knowledge, one thing is carefully to be observed concerning the ideas we have;…

— John Locke

“Becoming sufficiently familiar with something is a substitute for understanding it.”

— John Conway

“The ability to understand is more valuable than knowledge.”

— Steven Redhead

“Actually, an important part of self-knowledge is that it gives one a better realization of the inner strength that can be called upon, of…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“So you see, it doesn’t terribly matter if you miss one item of knowledge in a series of similar items because providing you understand…

— Christine Brooke-Rose

“... One can know very much but comprehend very little and, besides, ... different objectives require different levels of knowledge - though always with…

— Felix Alba-Juez

The things that are correct for me will come to me at the time that I am interested in them and have the capacity,…

— Julia Roberts

“is—it is necessary to come first to an understanding concerning knowledge, which is looked upon as the instrument by which to take possession of…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“The knowledge you select becomes “part’ of you, and shapes the lenses you perceive the world.”

— Pearl Zhu