Epictetus Quotes

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

I hope I continue to learn. If I don't, then I know everything.

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes and not having all the answers, so long as we are willing to admit this and strive for personal betterment. Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out that they don't.

To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.

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

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

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.

O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

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

Learn to say, “I don’t know.”

My personal growth stems from the humility with which I navigate the world, namely with a reverence for all of the knowledge that I've yet to learn but that is out there available to me.

I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening, then they've taught you nothing.

I have learnt many things, but there's more to learn. Every day is a new start.

It really is very true that the more you do, the less you know. I try to keep myself very open-minded in that sense.

I am not wise, but I can always learn.

Humility is the first step towards learning. You can’t learn until you are humble enough to realize there is something for you to learn.

Humility is the doorway 2 truth & clarity of objectives... it's the doorway 2 learning.

When you think you know it all, there's not much that you'll learn.

Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.

Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.

I love to be surprised or challenged or told that I know less than I thought that I knew. I know it's an old saw, but the older I get the less I know I know.

Blessed are those who are not afraid to admit that they don't know something

We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.

The ego encourages you to constantly prove yourself and what you already know. When you are in the presence of someone you feel the need to impress, the ego's automatic response is 'I know.' The moment you say 'I know,' you are demonstrating that you don't know. You can learn something valuable from everyone, in every situation.