"In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn."

Nathaniel Branden, American Psychologist

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"In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn."

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"Getting an education is not only a matter of checking the boxes as your life progresses, it is a gift which can enrich every aspect of your world."

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"All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

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"The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust."

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"I who know many present things by my art," replied the Hermit with a smile, "have yet little knowledge of things future. Therefore I do not know whether any man or woman or beast in the whole world will be alive when the sun sets tonight. But be of good hope. The damsel is likely to live as long as any her age."

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"Have books 'happened' to you? Unless your answer to that question is 'yes,' I'm unsure how to talk to you."

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"Knowing more than someone does not necessarily mean that you know every single thing they know."

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