Beatrice prior Quote by Veronica Roth

Maybe Dauntless was formed with good intentions, with the right ideals and the right goals. But it has strayed far from them. And the…

— Veronica Roth

“But unscrupulous ambition has nothing to work upon, save in a nation corrupted by avarice and luxury. Moreover, a people becomes avaricious and luxurious…

— Augustine of Hippo

“The brevity of life, the failing of the senses, the numbness of indifference and unprofitable occupations allow us to know very little. And again…

— Nicholas Copernicus

“Instead of proclaiming the ideals, they educe what experience teaches, what the experience of all the centuries has taught, that the millions get no…

— Søren Kierkegaard

“So engrained in the human heart is the desire to believe that some people really do know what they say they know, and can…

— Samuel Butler

The ideas by which people . . . interpret their existence and in measure guide their behavior, were not forged in a world of wealth.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“The ignorance of impossibility makes tasks seem much more attainable.”

— Ray Daley

To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a…

— Sophocles

“The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavourable. Favourable…

— C.S. Lewis

“In a world lost in the darkness of ignorance, deception and confusion, a self-educated human being with integrity is the Light.”

— Gavin Nascimento

“Understanding is the essence of enlightenment. -Harrar”

— Greg Keyes

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiation - creation - there is…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe