Quotes about Knowledge

If you don't let a teacher know at what level you are—by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance—you will not learn or grow. You cannot pretend for long, for you will eventually be found out. Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education. Thoreau taught, "How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?

Principles are not values. A gang of thieves can share values, but they are in violation of the fundamental principles we're talking about. Principles are the territory. Values are maps. When we value correct principles, we have truth—a knowledge of things as they are.

Remember, to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.

Principles are the territory. Values are maps. When we value correct principles, we have truth—a knowledge of things as they are.

The purpose of teaching is learning and learning is changed behavior.

Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do. In order to make something a habit in our lives, we have to have all three.

The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings. That person values the differences because those differences add to his knowledge, to his understanding of reality. When we're left to our own experiences, we constantly suffer from a shortage of data.

Habit as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire.

Remember, to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know. I

When we value correct principles, we have truth—a knowledge of things as they are.

Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do.

The more we know of correct principles, the greater is our personal freedom to act wisely.