Shawn Colvin Quotes

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

Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

One who knows nothing can understand nothing.

What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.

I'm not very wise to many things.

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

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.

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

from one thing, know ten thousand things

But I know that all the things I do know are very small compared with the things that I don't know.

It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.

I do not know everything; still many things I understand.

You cannot be known Better than I know you.

Do you really know what's going on And if you don't... find out

You should know better.ʺ ʺIʹve never known better,ʺ he countered. ʺYou should know that.

Once you realize something, then you can't pretend you don't know it any more.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

I see so much more than I used to see. The effect has been to depress and sadden and hurt me terribly.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

You only know what you know.

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.