A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is a name.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

It’s not an experiment if you know it’s going to work.

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?

Whatever came to mind, whatever came to hand, I would read.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

I don’t read books much.

I’ve had some ‚riotous excursions of the human spirit‘ alongside the young Sailors and Marines, and it’s time to leave the stage to the young leaders who got their rank the old-fashioned way – they earned their stripes in combat.

You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

See, winners embrace hard work.

I don’t believe in signing anything and everything that comes my way. I leave it to my agency to help narrow them down for me, but I do research it myself before signing. The image of the brand and its ambassadors go hand in hand.

I read a lot when I’m travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.

My dad has kind of been the standard for me, he played 16 years in the league, and since I’ve been in the league, every year that I go through and deal with the scratches, the bumps and bruises, just the grind that it is to go through one NBA season.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

I spent much of my childhood in northern Quebec, and often there was no radio, no television – there wasn’t a lot to entertain us. When it rained, I stayed inside reading, writing, drawing.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

I have been into social work since 45 years, and at an average, every day for one or two hours, I have been engaging in social discourses. It is not a small thing.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream.

It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

Just be a cool grandpa who’s creative, and hang out and tell stories and read a book in the library.

I train and I go home, and when I’m home, I think about training. That’s my life every day, and that’s it.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

I’ll tell you who I absolutely adore: Ian McEwan.

I had not expected ‚A Brief History of Time‘ to be a best seller.

There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known.

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.

I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

I’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.

I want parents to teach that academic intelligence is essential, but so is financial intelligence.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

I’ve been writing my entire life, and I’ll always write.

I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

I get really motivated when I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can.

It’s very difficult to read a book on your computer.

For people who are readers, reading is important to them.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

I was always very curious as a young man about why older writers who I met seemed so indifferent to what was going on, whereas I, in my 20s, was reading everything. Everything seemed important. But they were only interested in the writers they admired when they were young, and I didn’t understand it then, but now, now I understand it.

You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.