Logo
Quote by Ralph Cudworth
Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active ex

Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within. – Ralph Cudworth

Other quotes by Ralph Cudworth

Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God. – Ralph Cudworth

Category:
Knowledge
Author
Ralph Cudworth
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Knowledge
category

Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes. – Milton Friedman

Category:
Knowledge

The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world it does not have vastness. – Robert Delaunay

Category:
Knowledge

I agree completely with my son James when he says Internet is like electricity. The latter lights up everything, while the former lights up knowledge. – Kerry Packer

Category:
Knowledge

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when theres no help in the truth. – Sophocles

Category:
Knowledge

Random Quotes

If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use. – John Woolman

Category:
Happiness

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter – Like a fair picture when misfortune comes – A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting. – Aeschylus

Category:
Men

It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons. – Arthur Conan Doyle, Micah Clarke

Category:
History

Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Category:
Business