John of Salisbury > Quotes

“Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word.”
― John of Salisbury, The Metalogicon of John of Salsibury: A Twelfth-Century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium

“The only sure road to truth is humility.”
― John of Salisbury

“One who comprehends truth is wise, one who loves it good, one who orders his life in accordance with it happy.”
― John of Salisbury

“Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge.”
― John of Salisbury, Metalogicon Of John Salisbury