"Wiedza jest ważna."

Translation: Knowledge is important.

[zagadka314]

Knowledge is power!

[NikDomZych]

But power corrupts.
So study hard, be evil! ;)

[Tom873317]

Wyobraźnia jest ważniejsza niż wiedza

[Modric853]

Knowing is important, marked wrong?

[Jellei]

Does it really mean exactly the same thing?

[gkouye]

No, "knowing" and "knowledge" are not the same thing.

[JanKLinde]

So can you explain the difference? In German, there's only one translation for both (Wissen).

[alik1989]

"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad."

"Wissen ist zu wissen, dass eine Tomate eine Frucht ist; Weisheit bedeutet, sie nicht in einen Obstsalat zu tun."

The Polish translation is a bit tricky, I wouldn't use a verb here:

Wiedza to świadomość, że pomidor jest owocem; mądrość to niedodawanie go do sałatki owocowej.

[va-diim]

Knowing is a verb. Knowledge is a noun.

[JanKLinde]

We were talking about meaning, not grammar.

[va-diim]

Wouldn't that be

Wiedzieć jest ważne.

?

[Okcydent]

That would almost be literal interpretation. I suspect that no native speaker would say that. Instead they would stick to:

• Wiedzieć, to ważne.
• Ważne jest by wiedzieć.

Now I have another idea:
„Wiedzenie jest ważne” - wiedzenie is „rzeczownik odczasownikowy” - so it is a gerund in Polish.

[va-diim]

Belarusian:

Wiedy ważnyja.

Веды важныя.

[va-diim]

Tak! I agree! It's similar in Russian:

RU: Obrazowanie [jest'] ważnieje znanija!

[DarthGandalf]

I disagree.
As opposed to other your RU comments, this is not a direct translation. That would be "Znanije ważno". Your sentence means "Education is more important than knowledge".

[va-diim]

I was commenting on @Tj1083's comment. wyobraźnia jest ważniejsza...

obrazowanie ważnieje (образование важнее)

[dfwgator]

Wiedza jest dobra - Emil Faber

[TomaszStac10]

A niewiedza jest błogością

[Jellei]

I know it as "błogosławieństwem", a blessing. "błogością" is... well, I guess "bliss" works in English, but it surprises me in Polish.