Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 13: The Field and the Knower of the Field

Bhagavad Gita 13.7

amānitvamadambhitvamahiṃsā kṣāntirārjavam | ācāryopāsanaṃ śaucaṃ sthairyamātmavinigrahaḥ ||

Absence of pride, absence of pretence, non-violence, patience, honesty, service to one's teacher, purity, steadiness, and self-control;

Modern context

Verses 7 to 11 list twenty qualities that Krishna calls 'knowledge'. It is a striking definition. Knowledge here is not information; it is character. Humility, honesty, patience, non-violence, self-control. A person who knows many facts but is proud and dishonest does not, in this sense, know. Real understanding shows in how a person lives.