Guess who said this?

"We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth and to assimilate it from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations and foreign peoples. For him who seeks the truth there is nothing of higher value than truth itself; it never cheapens or debases him who reaches for it but ennobles and honor him." (Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi, [9th century Arab philosopher]), from A History of God, the 4,000-year quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, by Karen Armstrong, Ballantine Books 1994. Remember: If you want to remain an idiot, do not read this book...although on the other hand...