Knowledge
In a world where knowledge is everywhere, many people know many things — but only a minority of them find benefit in what they know. Those are the people who, at least, know how to differentiate between the knowledge that neither benefits nor harms, and the knowledge that benefits.
A good seeker of knowledge must always remember these three:
1. Don’t learn anything without first understanding how it benefits — not just any reason why — otherwise you will find yourself as one of these three people: those who think they are just not smart enough to understand, those who realize they wasted their time, and those whose knowledge is mostly just ignorance in disguise.
2. Don’t be afraid to fail in learning what seems to be complicated or hard. All knowledge is simple once you know it; it only seems to be complicated before you do. So think about what it is you wanted to learn but something inside prevented you from pursuing — and simply let that something prevent you no more.
3. Don’t be arrogant. He who thinks he knows everything logically stops learning anything. So regardless of how much you know, always remember: in the big picture, you and I only know a little — and therefore, we can always learn more.