Quotes About Knowledge

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.

Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

Who knows the mind has the key to all things else.

Of books in our time the variety is so voluminous, and they follow so fast from the press, that one must be a swift reader to acquaint himself even with their titles, and wise to discern what are worth reading.

If you steal from one book you are condemned as a plagiarist, but if you steal from ten books you are considered a scholar, and if you steal from thirty or forty books, a distinguished scholar.

The world out there is inherently hard to understand and human brains are not wired to understand it well.

Knowledge never guarantees perfect decisions, but it does reduce uncertainty, which makes better decisions more likely.

Men do not know what they do not know, and women should not tell them.

For knowledge work to flourish, the workplace must be one where people feel able to share their knowledge! This means sharing concerns, questions, mistakes, and half-formed ideas.

Finding out that you are wrong is even more valuable than being right, because you are learning.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. —Naguib Mahfouz

no one wants to take the interpersonal risk of imposing ideas when the boss appears to think he or she knows everything. A learning mindset, which blends humility and curiosity, mitigates this risk. A learning mindset recognizes that there is always more to learn.

Confidence in one's abilities and knowledge, when warranted, is far preferable to false modesty. But humility is not modesty, false or otherwise. Humility is the simple recognition that you don't have all the answers, and you certainly don't have a crystal ball. Research shows that when leaders express humility, teams engage in more learning behavior.

I wish I had known that secrets get stronger over time.

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.

So many times, these kids know more about the technology than their parents. And so many times, we're putting kids in very adult situations and expecting them to behave like they're 40 years old. Well, that's just not going to happen.

Besides that, Sebastian liked books —all kinds. He loved fiction, non-fiction, big picture art books, the smell, the feel, and the potential to sit down with a book, become lost within it and only surface hours later when you needed to pee. Books were the bestest of best friends —and they never bitched if you forgot their birthdays or decided not to call them for a month.

For books are more than books, they are the life The very heart and core of ages past, The reason why men lived and worked and died, The essence and quintessence of their lives.

All books are either dreams or swords.

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past.

A library is the only single place you can go to learn something new, be comforted, terrified, thrilled, saddened, overjoyed, or excited all in one day. And for free.

Books are challenging and inspirational to me.