Wisdom Quote by Thomas Jefferson — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”

“God grant that men of principle shall be our principal men.”

“Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.”

“No people who are ignorant can be truly free.”

“No government ought to be without censors: and where the press is free, no one ever will. If virtuous, it need not fear the fair operation of attack and defence. Nature has given to man no other means of sifting out the truth either in religion, law, or politics. I think it as honorable to the government neither to know, nor notice, it’s sycophants or censors, as it would be undignified and criminal to pamper the former and persecute the latter.”

“Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.”

“I have suffered great losses and have been blessed with great consolations, but whatever life may give me or take away, this is the simple wisdom that will always light my life: I have loved, passionately, fearlessly, with all my heart and all my soul, and I have been loved in return. For me, this is enough.”

“Total knowledge is annihilation”

“In the long run what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.”

“To my mind there is nothing so beautiful or so provocative as a secondhand book store...To me it is astonishing and miraculous to think that any one of us can poke among the stalls for something to read overnight--and that this something may be the sum of a lifetime of sweat, tears, and genius that some poor, struggling, blessed fellow expended trying to teach us the truth.”

“You know where I’m from, love is a beautiful, scared thing shared between two people. It’s not set with all the boundaries and daggers you young people put on everything. If you love a person, you love them. If you want to be with them, you be with them. If it’s not meant to be, love them from afar, free from the pain. You will tear your heart and self in two trying to avoid love.”