Men of learning are those who have read the contents of books. Thinkers, geniuses, and those who have enlightened the world and furthered the race of men, are those who have made direct use of the book of the world.
Consider yourself lightly; consider the world deeply.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
A Lesson on Elementary, Worldly Wisdom As It Relates To Investment Management & Business
Whoever has looked deeply into the world might well guess what wisdom lies in the superficiality of men.
There is a language that is beyond words. If I can learn to decipher that language without words, I will be able to decipher the world.
There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of a hardened or a wounded heart.
When we were making Flickr, we called it the 'Eyes of the World.' The idea was that everybody, everywhere, is looking. It was this sense of being able to penetrate worlds that you had never been able to access before - of global, universal travel.
I am trying to make, before I get through, a picture of the whole world--or as much of it as I have seen. Boiling it down always, rather than spreading it out too thin. (On Writing.)
Open your eyes at last and see... now I will open the book of the world for you,there are no words in it, just pictures.
Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise.
We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.
Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
Character no longer is shaped by only two earnest, fumbling experts. Now all the world's a sage.
I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything
If travel were so inspiring and informing a business ... then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers.
To know the world, not love her, is thy point; She gives but little, nor that little, long.
