The striving of humanity for knowledge and truth [can] not be suppressed. The growth of the spirit [is]an essential part of Creation; it was planned like the growth of the body, of the plants and animals and people - every living thing that God had created.
Truth, Knowledge, Growth
The Encyclopedia-the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment...
Knowledge, Philosophy, Reason
In order to exert influence over people, there were other things that could be used besides love. Knowledge seemed to be an equally strong force, perhaps even stronger. Whoever possessed knowledge not only had power over the changeable passions of people, but also power over their thinking, over their minds, hearts and souls.
Knowledge, Power, Possession
Whoever possessed knowledge not only had power over the changeable passions of people, but also power over their thinking, over their minds, hearts and souls.
Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.
Politics
Politics is a matter of leading other people. Admittedly not where they want to go, but where they ought to go.