John Henry Newman Quotes

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

The essence of Vanderbilt is still learning, the essence of its outlook is still liberty, and liberty and learning will be and must be the touchstones of Vanderbilt University and of any free university in this country or the world. I say two touchstones, yet they are almost inseparable, inseparable if not indistinguishable, for liberty without learning is always in peril, and learning without liberty is always in vain.

The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

The inquiry, knowledge, and belief of truth is the sovereign good of human nature.

To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.

Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind.

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

The value of a good education has never left me.

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.

I study to learn, to be an educated person.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

Just because I never went to university doesn't mean you can't read, although I do feel a bit uneducated from time to time.

I just want to be educated.

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.