Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.

If you can’t read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story. Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady!

Read about history, and you become aware that nothing starts with us.

We want Facebook to be one of the best places people can go to learn how to build stuff. If you want to build a company, nothing better than jumping in and trying to build one. But Facebook is also great for entrepreneurs/hackers. If people want to come for a few years and move on and build something great, that’s something we’re proud of.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

What religion a man holds, to what race he belongs, these things are not important; the really important thing is this knowledge: the knowledge of God’s plan for men. For God has a plan, and that plan is evolution.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

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 know love is the answer.

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.

You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

You will always have partial points of view, and you’ll always have the story behind the story that hasn’t come out yet. And any form of journalism you’re involved with is going to be up against a biased viewpoint and partial knowledge.

We should all start to live before we get too old.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

I still learn, but I think it’s the best thing in life to have a kid.

Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.

We’ve got to dumb America up again.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating – people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.

I’ve learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.

I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world – a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even… knowledge, was foolproof.

The word ‚belief‘ is a difficult thing for me. I don’t believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it – I don’t need to believe it.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom.

Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don’t they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

I don’t know that my schooling was conducive to wild ideas and creativity, but it gave me discipline, drive. They taught me how to think. I really know how to think.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.

If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can’t expect an angel to look out.

It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

There should be a point to movies. Sure, you’re giving people a diversion from the cold world for a bit, but at the same time, you pass on some facts and rules and maybe a little bit of wisdom.

Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it’s no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn’t speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind – like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.