Courses Quote by Thomas a Kempis

“There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of God?”

— Thomas à Kempis

In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God; we are not qualified to profit by…

— Matthew Henry

All men naturally desire to know,but what does knowledge avail without the fear of God?

— Anonymous

“Shun too great a desire for knowledge, for in it there is much fretting and delusion. Intellectuals like to appear learned and to be…

— Thomas à Kempis

“The seekers after knowledge should, of course, not seek worldly knowledge and worldly gain but devote themselves to the denunciation of the world, to…

— Franz Rosenthal

When a man sought knowledge, it would not be long before it could be seen in his humbleness, his sight, upon his tongue and…

— Hasan of Basra

“My desire for knowledge is intermittent, but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my feet is perennial and constant. The…

— Henry David Thoreau

The attainment of knowledge is the high and exclusive attribute of man, among the numberless myriads of animated beings, inhabitants of the terrestrial globe.…

— John Quincy Adams

My desire for knowledge is intermittent; but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my feet is perennial and constant. The…

— Henry David Thoreau

“I do not understand a man who does not want to know all that he can know. Why would anyone choose ignorance? If he…

— Kate Horsley

“A lowly knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than the deep searching of a man’s learnings. Not that learning is to…

— Thomas à Kempis

“A highly trained scientist who is also a perfected man may eventually create a world and people it, but a dissolute unrepentant, unbelieving one…

— Spencer W. Kimball