Enlightenment Quotes

"The more you meditate on philosophy, the more you realize there is yet more to discover" "What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge." "I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day." "The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief." "There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance" "The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth" "Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind" "To love beauty is to see light" "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition" "The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free" "A book should be a ball of light in one's hand." "Ignorance is the parent of fear." "The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts" "The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty." "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."