Some people say, 'How can you live without knowing?' I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Living without knowing is normal; the question is how to know.
- In plain terms
- We live not knowing; focus on learning how.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on learning methods rather than knowing.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you want to know?
- How do you learn new things?
Another view
Some things can be known directly.
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