Sri Aurobindo
Philosopher, Poet, Politician
"True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become."
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True Knowledge
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Confucius
Philosopher
"To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed."
Socrates
Philosopher
"To know, is to know that you know nothing."
Ramakrishna
Spiritual Leader
"That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poet, Novelist
"True knowledge comes only through suffering."
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"To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When you don't know something, say you don't know. That is knowledge."
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"True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one's knowledge."
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"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all."
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"There is a down-and-outness under true knowledge and a childlike happy arising from it."
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"Knowledge does not corrupt, unless it is arrogant; but then it is not true knowledge."
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