Authority Quote by Roger Bacon

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

“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

There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth ... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and the concealment…

— Roger Bacon

Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another,…

— Jane Austen

One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose…

— Bryant H. McGill

“What we should do, I suggest, is to give up the idea of ultimate sources of knowledge, and admit that all knowledge is human;…

— Karl R. Popper

“I have learned many valuable truths through my experiences. One of these truths is that people don't always see the bigger picture; they are…

— Dallas Jahncre

“The truth, indeed, is out—but the ears to hear it and the minds to learn from it seem to have been atrophied by a…

— Murray Bookchin

There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not destroyed, by understanding its…

— Anonymous

There are certain truths which stand out so openly on the roadsides of life, as it were, that every passer-by may see them. Yet,…

— Adolf Hitler

“Many of the people who campaign against established knowledge are otherwise adept and successful in their daily lives. In some ways, it is all…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“Personal ignorance should be admitted, but it should not be allowed to place limits and bounds on the ways 'and means of revelation.”

— Jeffrey Lang