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"Knowledge. How curious that a man who closes his hand upon air so often thinks that he has a ruby within his grasp."
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"Every book has to wait for the right time to be read and understood."

"Devote yourself to reading of Scriptures."

"There is only a perspective seeing, only a perspective "knowing"; and the more affects we allow to speak about one thing, the more eyes, different eyes, we can use to observe one thing, the more complete will our "concept" of this thing, our "objectivity," be."

"Life is all about discovery."

"Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know."
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"To comprehend the world around you, first, comprehend yourself."


"To understand, one must first question everything."


"The real challenge is to develop the capacity to see the world as it really is."


"If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken."


"To seek the truth, you must first recognize that you do not know."
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