The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants.

I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew but rather to impress upon them that nothing not even... knowledge was foolproof.

Western civilization unfortunately does not link knowledge and morality but rather it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and dominion.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and possessions.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

On the same line of reasoning if Australians were to be Australians or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land there would be no jealousy between them on England's account.

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation till the grave opened to give me rest than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

It's part of a writer's profession as it's part of a spy's profession to prey on the community to which he's attached to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely.

Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.

My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

I always believe it's better to have 30 imaginations working on a project rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do.

I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given the mind rests satisfied and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings.

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first rather than the heart it being much more sensitive.

He has such a patronizing tone and manner and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No I think he came pretty much off the page.

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

I think they'd rather us follow our hearts and I hope that's what some people will understand.