Paulo Coelho Quotes

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.

Learn to say, “I don’t know.”

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often.

I do not know it all and do not claim to.

I don't mind being wrong, and I don't mind changing my mind.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.'

I'm never embarrassed to say, 'I don't know.'

Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I've never been bored in my life.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'

I don't pretend I know everything.

It's not like I have all the answers.

There's no point thinking, 'Well, my life's certainly worked out, I've got all the answers.' It would be wrong for me to say that I don't get seduced by certain things. That things don't become tempting.

I don't claim to know everything. I claim to be a seeker of knowledge.

You don't have to have all the answers all the time. But the best thing to know is what you don't know.

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.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

It would not be wise for us to say we know what we don't know.

At the end of the day, none of us are the Oracle of Delphi, so we don't get everything right. It's always good to be able to listen and to take on what seems to be the right thing to do.