Sue Monk Kidd Quotes

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

It's the most amazing thing to be able to forgive.

A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.

In the knowledge of truth, what really matters is the possession of it, not the impulse under which it was sought.

Knowing is higher than believing. Knowing means that there is NO doubt.

The typical person has no trouble believing without knowing. What people need to realize is simply that you do not need to believe to know.

The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.

The more you know, the sadder you get.

It is never wise to turn aside from knowing, however the knowing comes.

Suspecting and knowing are not the same.

Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.

There's a terror in knowing what the world is about

Harsh reality is always better than false hope.

And isn't it a bad thing to be deceived about the truth, and a good thing to know what the truth is? For I assume that by knowing the truth you mean knowing things as they really are.

Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it.

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing.

Wisdom, properly so called, is nothing else but this: the perfect knowledge of the truth in all matters whatsoever.

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth

The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does

A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.

It might be said that all knowledge is linked to the essential forms of cruelty.

Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders.

If you become so intensely curious that without knowing you cannot live, that is called seeking.

Once you realize something, then you can't pretend you don't know it any more.

Knowing something may be a terrible burden to bear, but it holds no danger to them as aren't afraid of truth.