Advantage Quote by Thomas a Kempis

“If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble…

— Thomas à Kempis

Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.

— Paulo Coelho

“To learn, you must be humble. You must be prepared to admit your ignorance. You must allow yourselves to be filled with the vital…

— Paula Brackston

For knowledge you must have a desire and habit of learning. Along with knowledge, learning makes one humble.

— Anil Sinha

A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.

— Thomas a Kempis

“In the case of seeking knowledge, don't do it to brag and don't give up because you think you are not worthy of becoming…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that…

— Eliza Haywood

Knowing yourself lets you understand others.

— Jenny Holzer

We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity…

— Teresa of Avila

What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

— Confucius

How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Any piece of knowledge I acquire today has a value at this moment exactly proportional to my skill to deal with it. Tomorrow, when…

— Mark Van Doren