Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous.
Once you start to become OK at something, you learn to enjoy it more.
My craft's been rising. I'm a student of the game and I'm still growing.
To be master of any branch of knowledge, you must master those which lie next to it, and thus to know anything you must know all.
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
Nerds get caught up in minutiae, because there is a tremendous and fulfilling sense of control in understanding every single detail of a thing more than any other living creature.
We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Clarity proceeds Mastery!
You have to improve; that's how you develop.
I like to say understanding is the power.
Remember that whatever knowledge you do not solidly lay the foundation of before you are eighteen, you will never be master of while you breathe.
To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances.
Every accomplishment, every refined talent, every useful attainment in mathematics, music, and in all sciences, and art belong to the Saints.
We shall no longer hang on to the tails of public opinion or to a non- existent authority on matters utterly unknown and strange. We shall gradually become experts ourselves in the mastery of the knowledge of the Future.
