John Newton Quotes

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism.

Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light.

...when men ignite in their hearts a religious fury, they inflict at the same time a blindness on their eyes.

We believe what we see.’...What do you do when you’re in the dark?

There is simple ignorance, not knowing, and willful ignorance that refuses to know, that covers the light of knowledge with the dark blanket of bias.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

Ignorance is death, knowledge is life. Life is of very little value, if it is a life in the dark, groping through ignorance and misery.

Often in history we see that religion, which was meant to raise us and make us better and nobler, has made people behave like beasts. Instead of bringing enlightenment of them, it has often tried to keep them in the dark; instead of broadening their minds, it has frequently made them narrow-minded and intolerant of others.

The wise are not learned, the learned are not wise.

Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish.

There is no fool like an educated fool.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

It is our knowledge - the things we are sure of - that makes the world go wrong and keeps us from seeing and learning.

If you send a damned fool to St. Louis, and you don't tell them he's a damned fool, they'll never find out.

Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.

Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.

I once heard a learned man say, "Every evil has its remedy, except folly. To reprimand an obstinate fool or to preach to a dolt is like writing upon the water. Christ healed the blind, the halt, the palsied, and the leprous. But the fool He could not cure."

I'm not trying to frighten you, but only a fool makes predictions based on ignorance; I am not that sort of fool.

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.

If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not think or act aright, gladly will I change; for I search after truth, by which man never yet was harmed. But he is harmed who abideth on still in his deception and ignorance.

One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.

To never see a fool you lock yourself in your room and smash the looking-glass.