John Abbott Quotes

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

Tell me, O wise man, how hast thou come to know so astonishingly much? By never being ashamed to ask of those that knew!

The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.

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

What I've come to know is that in life, it's not always the questions we ask, but rather our ability to hear the answers that truly enriches our understanding. Never, never stop learning.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

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 first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

Don't let your heart get big because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the scholar.

No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.

Asking doesn't mean you lack wisdom - it's evidence of wisdom.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

Indeed, the most important product of knowledge is ignorance.

You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.

The idea of finding things out, I hope that will stay with me until I drop.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.