When proven wrong, the wise corrects himself & ignorant argues.
Cousin and son-in-law of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), the last prophet of Islam. He ruled as the fourth caliph fr...
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and p...
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in
Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpting...
The purpose of education is not to make a machine, but to make the human being
Hanbali Sunni Muslim preacher, orator, ascetic, mystic, sayyid, faqih, and theologian who was known for bein...
Wonder is the desire of knowledge
Italian Dominican friar, Philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. An immensely influential ph...
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it
An ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidiki, Greece. Along with Plato...
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live
American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, ...
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends
Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his high...
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all
Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's ...
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty
Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his high...
