Quotes about Knowledge

You must tackle books that are beyond you, or, as we have said, books that are over your head. Only books of that sort will make you stretch your mind. And unless you stretch, you will not learn.

We must also realize-students, teachers, and laymen alike-that even when we have accomplished the task that lies before us, we will not have accomplished the whole task. We must be more than a nation of functional literates. We must become a nation of truly competent readers, recognizing all that the word competent implies. Nothing less wil satisfy the needs of the world that is coming.

The possession of the truth is the highest goal of the human mind.

As Thomas Hobbes said, "If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.

In tackling a difficult book for the first time, read it through without ever stopping to look up or ponder the things you do not understand right away.

But it may be seriously questioned whether the advent of modern communications media has much enhanced our understanding of the world

Anyone who fails to consult the explanatory notes and the list of abbreviations at the beginning of a dictionary has only himself to blame if he is not able to use it well.

Analytical reading is preeminently for the sake of understanding

2. STUDY THE TABLE OF CONTENTS

4. If the book is a new one with a dust jacket, READ THE PUBLISHER'S BLURB.

1. WHAT IS THE BOOK ABOUT AS A WHOLE?

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