Quote by Thomas Aquinas: 'Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others...'

An intellectual sitting alone in a room may reach brilliant conclusions, but if those ideas never leave the desk, they remain unused.

A candle burning inside a locked box lights only the box while leaving the hallway outside in darkness.This contrast between keeping wisdom to yourself and sharing it with others is at the heart of a famous idea from the thirteenth century: "Better to illuminate…

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