Confucius Knowledge Quotations

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.

What you know you know. What you don't know, you don't know. This is knowledge.

Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.

Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.

To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.