Horace Mann Quotes

Borrowing knowledge of reality from all sources, taking the best from every study, Science of Mind brings together the highest enlightenment of the ages.

It is proper that noble spirits, equipped with truth and enlightened with the Divine intelligence, should arm themselves against dense ignorance by climbing up to the high rock and tower of contemplation.

It is knowledge that ultimately gives salvation.

Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey.

A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

He who knows himself is enlightened.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

The more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much.

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.

The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less.

Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.

He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.

The great quest of life has always been to discover truth.

I believe that the future of humanity is in the progress of reason through science. I believe that the pursuit of truth, through science, is the divine ideal which man should propose to himself.

The man who finds a truth lights a torch.

For where I found Truth, there found I my God, the Truth itself; which since I learnt, I have not forgotten.