Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.

Quote by Confucius

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

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.

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

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

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...

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you...

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you...

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Study the past if you would divine the future

Study the past if you would divine the future

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When...

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When...

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the...

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the...

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of...

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of...

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being...

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being...

Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head

Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.