Desire Quote by Thomas a Kempis

Restrain an inordinate desire for knowledge, in which is found much anxiety and deception. Learned men always wish to appear so, and desire recognition…

— Thomas a Kempis

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

— Will Durant

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

— Plato

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

If we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the…

— Plato

Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

— Idries Shah

Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.

— Samantha Shannon

At the same time, you don't want to be blindsided at some point because you've taken too much comfort from knowing nothing. So you…

— Will Oldham

Knowledge is indispensable to Christian life and service. If we do not use the mind that God has given us, we condemn ourselves to…

— John Stott

Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment.

— Marisha Pessl

Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not be sprinkled…

— Seneca the Younger

Making your unknown known is the important thing - and keeping the unknown always beyond you - catching - crystalizing your simpler clearer vision…

— Georgia O'Keeffe