Plato
Plato Quotes about Knowledge
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient.
A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.
There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.
The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.
The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging reality which is the object of knowledge.
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.
The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge.
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with.