Orson Scott Card Quotes

A true master gives all his knowledge. But only when the student is ready.

It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself.

I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know.

You always have something to learn from people who have been through more than you. Be open and receptive to what they know.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

The best advice comes from people who don't give advice.

On my 30th birthday, all the presents I got were boxes of food. That's what I needed.

He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

No one over thirty-five is worth meeting who has not something to teach us, - something more than we could learn for ourselves, from a book.

If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.

Experience is the pocket-compass that few think of consulting until they have lost their way.

Listen to my advice; I have some experience. In a way, it is me being a teacher, which is what I wanted to be. I still feel I could go into teaching. What is teaching but passing on your knowledge to those who are at the beginning? Some people are born with that gift.

We learn our lessons only when we are ready.

All I have are my experiences, and I like to share my experiences to see if people could learn from them.

Throughout my life, I've seen that everybody has had something to teach me and, strangely, it's always something relevant to what I'm going through at that point.

I want to share knowledge about things I've learned over the years with a younger generation that is seeking the truth.

I wanted a way to pass on all the gifts, all the instruction that I've been given.

Giving advice was a lot harder than following it.

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

Even the elders can give a number of helpful hints.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.