Antithesis Quote by Thomas de Quincey

There is first the literature of KNOWLEDGE, and secondly, the literature of POWER. The function of the first is -- to teach; the function…

— Thomas de Quincey

All that is literature seeks to communicate power

— Thomas de Quincey

There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the…

— Thomas de Quincey

Knowledge not only gain from books , emotion that inspire.

— Mak_786

Knowledge is pleasure as well as power.

— William Hazlitt

Literature incarnates its meanings as concretely as possible. The knowledge that literature gives of a subject is the kind of knowledge that is obtained…

— Leland Ryken

“Literature is, to my mind, the great teaching power of the world, the ultimate creator of all values, and it is this, not only…

— William Butler Yeats

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power

— Bertrand Russell

Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.

— Yoko Ono

Literature speaks with everyone individually - it is personal property that stays inside our heads. And nothing speaks to us as forcefully as a…

— Herta Muller

Books are only but a mirror of what knowledge we desire, in our minds and in our hearts.

— Andrew Guzaldo

“To delight in literature is to desire to learn.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita