Add Quote by Henry David Thoreau

He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.

— Samuel Johnson

What the intellectual craves above all else is to be taken seriously, to be treated as a decisive force in shaping history. He is…

— Eric Hoffer

He will also find that the high and independent spirit, which usually dwells in the breast of those who are deeply versed in scientific…

— Charles Babbage

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect, that he must himself sink in like manner, and,…

— Samuel Johnson

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful,…

— Laozi

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - who knows who has written and where it is to be found.

— Anonymous

He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.

— Charles Caleb Colton

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.

— Anonymous

He who knows what he is told must know a lot of things that are not so.

— Arthur Guiterman

Say what men may, it is doctrine that moves the world. He who takes no position will not sway the human intellect.

— William Greenough Thayer Shedd

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute-…

— Mencius

He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world.

— Anonymous