Ideas Quote by Bryant H. McGill

“Now there are four chief obstacles in grasping truth, which hinder every man, however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title…

— Roger Bacon

“A knowledge of the truth depends not so much upon strength of intellect as upon pureness of purpose, the simplicity of an earnest, dependent…

— Ellen G. White

“By and large, the truth is not merely a fierce battle with ignorance and fallacy, but, first and foremost, a combat with our own…

— Erik Pevernagie

There are in fact four very significant stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely…

— Roger Bacon

Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of…

— John Stuart Mill

“The impudence of Ignorance”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all…

— Frances Wright

There are in fact four very significant stumblingblocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow…

— Roger Bacon

“Truth is an illusionary ideal, a structure with a foundation of opinion, garnished by selected facts, eroded over time and rebuilt new every generation.”

— David Grant Urban

“In truth, knowledge is a great and very useful quality; those who despise it give evidence enough of their stupidity. Yet I do not…

— Michel de Montaigne

Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle of every man who hath either religion, honour, or prudence. Thosewho violate it,…

— Lord Chesterfield

If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near…

— Khalil Gibran