Life, Albert Einstein

Let us not forget that knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. ... I claim credit for nothing. Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insects as well as for the stars, Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Knowledge, French Proverb

Knowledge finds its price.

- French Proverb

The illiterate of the 21st century

The illiterate of the 21st century

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

- Alvin Toffler

The effort and will to learn something new is far more important than existing knowledge. In a society where knowledge is constantly changing, if one stops learning, regardless of their age, they will have fallen behind the times. On the other hand, if one constantly learns and soaks up new information, they will be young and up-to-date; regardless of their age. People only start getting “older” when they stop learning new things.

Intelligence, Proverbs

Those who spare their words are truly knowledgeable, and those who are discreet are intelligent.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 27

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Advice, Chinese Proverb

清楚自己的无知是知识最好的部分。

- 中國俗談

To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

- Chinese Proverb

Knowledge, Lao-tzu (老子)

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

- Laozi (老子, 604 BC-? )

Knowledge, Confucius

知之爲知之 不知爲不知 是知也。

- 孔子

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.

- Confucius (551BC–479BC)