TheInspired Sage
Baobab ( Adansonia digitata ) in a typical landscape of the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana
Wisdom & Proverbs✓ Verified source
“
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Samuel Johnson
— Samuel Johnson
Writer and lexicographer
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759) / Ch. XLI

About this quote

Attributed to
Samuel Johnson
Source
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759) / Ch. XLI
Culture / tradition
English
Attribution status
✓ Verified source
Verification
Primary reference

Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · Portrait: Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) (Public domain)

Reflect

What would change if you lived this for one week?

The Sage Challenge

Write one sentence in your journal about what this means to you.

Join to journal, save & shareCreate a share image

Watch & listen

EAffirmations - African Proverbs Meditation

Pharaoh Martin - EAffirmations·Wisdom
Featured in one of the Sage books

The Sayings of Confucius - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks | Eastern Philosophy

Greatest AudioBooks·Wisdom
Featured in one of the Sage books

Who was Confucius? - Bryan W. Van Norden

TED-Ed·Wisdom
“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” — Samuel Johnson · The Inspired Sage