Dark Quote by Veronica Roth

“Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power,”

— Veronica Roth

The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Men have desired to gain knowledge and then power so that they can accomplish their goals of conquest, control, and manipulation.

— Anonymous

The desire for knowledge shapes a man.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Knowledge does away with darkness, suspense, and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is . . . In knowledge there is power.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

— Joseph Addison

“There’s power in knowledge and a little power feeds the desire for more of it. If the knowledge is something that few others have…

— Jeffery Russell

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

— Bertrand Russell

Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.

— Bernard de Mandeville

Knowledge is power, especially when it is hitched to a workhorse.

— Orlando Aloysius Battista

Knowledge is one of our direst needs. But it is insufficient on its own. If knowledge was stripped from true up-bringing, it would increase…

— Ameen Rihani

Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not.

— Patrick Ness