knowledge

If every book was judged by its cover, very few would be read; education would be limited, and fewer movies would be made.

I had no systematic way of learning but proceeded like a quilt maker, a patch of knowledge here a patch there but lovingly knitted. I would hungrily devour the intellectual scraps and leftovers of the learned.

Test everything that can be tested. As soon as you think you know something, that's when you stop questioning it. Understanding kills curiosity. Understanding kills progress.

Learning is a journey: from facts to knowledge, on to understanding and eventually wisdom.

Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.

Life without death simply isn't life, but death

None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.

The most holy cannibalism you can perform is to eat the flesh and blood of sagacity, and by sharing it with other wisdom thirsty cannibals.

Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction.

We need people who push boundaries rather than retreat inside them.

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

Your vehicle of leadership is fueled by your willingness to learn. You can't lead if you can't learn!

Knowledge without application is simply knowledge. Applying the knowledge to one__ life is wisdom _ and that is the ultimate virtue

Great experiences are built on a foundation of bad experiences.

Ah, not in knowledge is happiness, but in the acquisition of knowledge! In forever knowing, we are forever blessed; but to know all, were the curse of a fiend.

Education is every day and everywhere, the only thing you have to pay is attention.

It seems that the more we learn about our work, the easier and the more interesting it becomes to us. Tasks that used to be tedious now make sense, and we see how they're related to other elements of our jobs. Plus, they're easier to take care of now, so they don't bother us nearly as much when we need to do them. When we know more about our work and its ramifications, we can see the connections between what we do and the effects that those things have on other people.

Some of most valuable gifts come wrapped in the ugliest paper.