Horace Mann Quotes

I know nothing, because I know too much, and understand not nearly enough and never will.

Knowledge can only be limited. Ignorance is boundless. In recognizing our ignorance, we will touch that which is boundless.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

I'm not very wise to many things.

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

Our understanding, great as it sometimes seems, can be nothing but the wide-eyed wonder of the child when measured against omniscience.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

I don't study to know more, but to ignore less.

Know what you know and know that you don't know what you don't know — that is the characteristic of one who knows.

The more one learns, the more he understands his ignorance.

I'm not aware of too many things, I know what I know, if you know what I mean.

To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.

It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance.

Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

You only know what you know.

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Indeed, the most important product of knowledge is ignorance.

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

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

The remarkable position in which we find ourselves is that we don't actually know what we actually know.