Enlightenment Quotes

"The owl of Minerva begins its flight only with the coming of the dusk." "Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul." "A truly wise man is always joyful." "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance" "The more you know, the more you see." "I now bear away with me, O my God, all that I have received, the wind and the wisdom of all human spirits that have been, and now are " "Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse strewn with many a philosophic wreck" "Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings." "The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt " "The only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth." "The more we understand particular things, the more we understand God" "The soul should always stand ajar ready to welcome the ecstatic experience " "The direction of education is to turn the mind" "Those who are able to see beyond the shadows" "The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."