The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. -- James Madison

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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity, and by these I shall not regulate my propositions. And some see no nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself. –William Blake

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Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will. -Marcus Garvey

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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.

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The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

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Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. — Dante Alighieri

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Two there are who are never satisfied -- the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge. ― Rumi

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When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive knowledge. Albert Einstein

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I think that many people have forgotten that, if knowledge is to have any meaning, if it is to be useful, it should have an impact in the world. — Angela Davis

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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge. ― Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

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