The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught to mount the first principles and take nobody's word about them.

A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows.

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.

Learn from me if not by my precepts then by my example how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.

An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.

There is so I believe in the essence of everything something that we cannot call learning. There is my friend only a knowledge - that is everywhere.

Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.

Learning is acquired by reading books but the much more necessary learning the knowledge of the world is only to be acquired by reading men and studying all the various facets of them.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

We must develop knowledge optimization initiatives to leverage our key learnings.