Forbidden Quote by Anne Rice

“The understanding of knowledge that increases intoxication (of ‘I Know’) is terrible ignorance. Intoxication (of ‘I know’) is dissolved with (right) knowledge.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime.

— Douglas William Jerrold

The pursuit of knowledge is an intoxicant, a lure that scientists and explorers have known from ancient times; indeed, exhilaration in the pursuit of…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

— Anonymous

Knowledge is power-and power of one sort or another is the secret lust of human souls; and here is, beside the sense of exploration,…

— Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

“The brevity of life, the failing of the senses, the numbness of indifference and unprofitable occupations allow us to know very little. And again…

— Nicholas Copernicus

Knowledge that is not passed on reveals the futility of the one who possesses it.

— Trinity Chasara

“Man's primary will to know struggles against the selfsatisfied formalism of empty learning which drugs man into the illusory calm of fulfillment. It fights…

— Karl Jaspers

As to the lawful pleasures of the mind, the heart, or the senses, indulge in them with gratitude and moderation, drawing up sometimes in…

— Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

“Addiction to knowledge is like any other addiction; it offers an escape from the fear of emptiness, of loneliness, of frustration, the fear of…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Addictions of any nature or degree are temporary emotional and/or mental escapes we create to prevent us from dealing with a certain reality.”

— Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana

Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation," intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you don't need to think, and that is very dangerous.

— Garth Nix