Quotes About Knowledge

All that you positively know is contained in your own experience; all that you ever will know must pass through the gateway of experience, and so become part of yourself.

which discovery is totally a matter of application, self-analysis, and experience.

As evil is the direct outcome of ignorance, so, when the lessons of evil are fully learned, ignorance passes away, and wisdom takes its place.

He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened"; for only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the door of the Temple of Knowledge.

He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened; for only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the Door of the Temple of Knowledge.

The man who relies entirely upon books, and does not go to the silent resources within himself, is superficial, and becomes rapidly exhausted. He is uninspired (though he may be extremely clever), for he soon reaches the end of his stock of information, and so becomes void and repetitious.

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. Doubt and fear are the great enemies of knowledge, and he who encourages them, who does not slay them, thwarts himself at every step. He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.

On the wings of aspiration man rises from earth to heaven, from ignorance to knowledge, from the under darkness to the upper light. Without it he remains a grovelling animal, earthly, sensual, unenlightened, and uninspired. Aspiration is the longing for heavenly things.

Reading is the best return on investment. You have to live your entire life in order to know one life. But with reading you can know 1000s of people's lives for almost no cost. What a great return!

The only way to learn new things is to ask questions and be curious. Find the people who inspire your curiosity because those are the ones you will most learn from.

Everything you learn in school can be outsourced to someone who learned it more cheaply or learned it more recently.

Ultimately, mastery is about connecting the dots of many fields.

Opinions are like money. No matter how much you know, there's always someone who knows more.

You are the average of the 5 things you are reading today.

Research your secret options thoroughly. Or else don't begin the negotiation because you have not prepared properly.

Mastery begins when formal education ends.

Everything is a game. Understanding the rules allows you to succeed.

Ideas are the dark matter of the universe. We know it's there, but only those "in the know" can see them.

40% of people who graduate college never read a book again. If you are in the remaining 60% you are 1000× ahead of everyone else.

Humans are smarter now than they were 40,000 years ago.

Every day I seek out mentors: people who have great experience to help me, particularly in areas I am new to, excited about, and know nothing about.

I read all the books they like and have spoken publicly about. I read all the analysis on the books so I can discuss it with them. I read all of their books. I read about people they've previously mentored and what happened.

Believe it or not, sometimes it's just as good (often better) to read all of their materials rather than be directly mentored.

Go to the bookstore. Find a topic you would be willing to read five hundred books on.