Read moreEvery man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.
Read moreReading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
Read moreThe improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
Read moreThe only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
Read moreNo man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience.