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The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

When everyone recognizes Jehovah’s name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Perhaps we’re too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation of reward or punishment, safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.

Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

Nourish the mind like you would your body. The mind cannot survive on junk food.

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.

I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.

Now that I see you understand me so well, I will avoid you.

Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.