Humility in Learning
Today's reflection
The willingness to remain a student — to approach even familiar subjects with openness, to hold beliefs provisionally, to learn from those we might otherwise dismiss — is treated across traditions as a form of intellectual virtue closely linked to wisdom itself. The humble learner grows; the certain expert stagnates.
From the sources
“The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.”
Proverbs 4:7
Torah / Bible
“Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.”
Hadith (Ibn Majah)
Islam
“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few.”
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Zen Buddhism
“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.”
Albert Einstein
Western thought
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
Confucius
Confucianism
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“The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.”
Proverbs 4:7
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“Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.”
Hadith (Ibn Majah)
Islam
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