Echoes

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease.

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

I know that I know nothing.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. Never lose a holy curiosity. ... Don't stop to marvel.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Man knows much more than he understands.

The world will hardly admit of an excuse for a man leaving a coast unexplored he has once discovered.

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

All men by nature desire to know.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

People often say that I'm curious about too many things at once. But can you really forbid a man from harboring a desire to know and embrace everything that surrounds him?

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty, & leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.

If thou desire to profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faithfulness; nor even desire the repute of learning.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.