Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Quote by Confucius

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a...

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

The man of wisdom has no perplexity; the man of humanity has no worry; the...

The man of wisdom has no perplexity; the man of humanity has no worry; the...

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.

It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.

It is difficult to inspire others to accomplish what you haven't been willing to try

It is difficult to inspire others to accomplish what you haven't been willing to try

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near...

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near...

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

Study the past if you would divine the future

Study the past if you would divine the future

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must...

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must...

To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature.

Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature.