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Intellectual growth Quotes

"The more you know, the more you know you don't know."

"When I examine myself and my methods of thought I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."

"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."

"The pursuit of knowledge is never-ending. The day you stop seeking knowledge is the day you stop growing."

"By giving our students practice in talking with others, we give them frames for thinking on their own"

"The power to question is the basis of all human progress"

"Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow"

"It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others."

"Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world."

"The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained."

"There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness"

"Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts"

"You cannot open a book without learning something."

"The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds."

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

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