“Power should be entrusted only to those who do not seek it.”
Richard Rohr (1943) American spiritual writer, speaker, teacher, Catholic Franciscan priest
"Politics and Spirituality conference, Washington D.C. 2006"
Source: Masquerade
“Power should be entrusted only to those who do not seek it.”
Richard Rohr (1943) American spiritual writer, speaker, teacher, Catholic Franciscan priest
"Politics and Spirituality conference, Washington D.C. 2006"
“All who seek to enrich those who do not work should be destroyed.”
İsmail Enver (1881–1922) Turkish military officer and a leader of the Young Turk revolution
Quoted in "Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination" - Page 405 - by Ben Kiernan - Social Science - 2007.
“Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.”
André Gide (1869–1951) French novelist and essayist
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Variant: Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it
Context: Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.
“Keep the company of those who seek the truth- run from those who have found it”
Václav Havel (1936–2011) playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic
Morgan Freeman (1937) American actor, film director, and narrator
Source: [Jarvey, Natalie, December 4, 2017, Morgan Freeman, Kerry Washington Celebrate "Oscars of Science'" at Breakthrough Prize Ceremony, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/morgan-freeman-kerry-washington-celebrate-oscars-science-at-breakthrough-prize-ceremony-1064160, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles, December 4, 2017]
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) British minister
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 619.
“Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.”
André Gide (1869–1951) French novelist and essayist
Ainsi soit-il; ou, Les Jeux sont faits
So be it; or, The chips are down
Gallimard
1952
174
Original: (fr) Croyez ceux qui cherchent la vérité, doutez de ceux qui la trouvent; doutez de tout, mais ne doutez pas de vous-même.