Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

No one can draw more out of things, books included, than he already knows. A man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story.

Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionately to their occupancy of your thoughts.

Individuals are the sum of their unique experiences, challenges, and accomplishments. What matters is not the barriers they face, but how they choose to confront them. And their race is not to blame for everything—good or bad—that happens in their lives.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more.

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.

Those who learn fastest will achieve more than those who learn best.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

An organizations ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information but of unlearning old limits.

The poets and philosophers before me discovered the unconscious; what I discovered was the scientific method by which the unconscious can be studied.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

It is of particular value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your integrity.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.

If you cannot be honest with yourself, there is no hope of being honest with anyone else.