Confucius Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

I'm not very wise to many things.

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

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

Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?

You only know what you 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.

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

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

Much learning does not teach understanding.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

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

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.

Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.