Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes

Light is the symbol of truth.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Light itself is a revelation.

Truths kindle light for truths.

My wish for you... is that your skeptic-eclectic brain be flooded with the light of truth.

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

It's important to be enlightened.

The man who finds a truth lights a torch.

Seeing the Way is like going into a dark room with a torch; the darkness instantly departs, while the light alone remains. When the Way is attained and the truth is seen, ignorance vanishes and enlightenment abides forever.

Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes.

What is philosophy? It is something that lightens up, that makes bright.

You can't discover light, by analyzing the dark.

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

Must not understanding lie open unto wisdom as the pyramids lie open to the stars? (6:2)

Information is light. Information in itself, about anything, is light.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.