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“It is vital to remember that information - in the sense of raw data - is not knowledge, that knowledge is not wisdom, and that wisdom is not foresight. But information is the first essential step to all of these.”

Firsts Remember Steps Knowledge Information Essentials Data Foresight Information Age

Author:Arthur C. Clarke

“A pin lies in wait for every bubble. And when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very old lessons: First, many in Wall Street (a community in which quality control is not prized) will sell investors anything they will buy. Second, speculation is most dangerous when it looks easiest.”

Firsts Looks Two Lying Waiting Community Quality Knowledge Streets Dangerous Wall Lessons Sells Greed Investing Wave Investors Bubbles Speculation Pins Quality Control

Author:Warren Buffett

“They assembled together and dedicated these as the first-fruits of their love to Apollo in his Delphic temple, inscribing there those maxims which are on every tongue- 'know thyselP and 'Nothing overmuch.'”

Knows Firsts Together Science Knowledge Fruit Tongue Temples Dedicated Dedication Maxims Apollo

Author:Plato

“As each generation comes into the world devoid of knowledge, its first duty is to obtain possession of the stores already amassed. It must overtake its predecessors before it can pass by them.”

World Firsts Knowledge Generations Duty Possession Stores Predecessors

Book:Lectures on Various Subjects

Source: Lectures on Various Subjects

“When the panting and thirsting soul first drinks the delicious waters of truth, when the moral and intellectual tastes and desires first seize the fragrant fruits that flourish in the garden of knowledge, then does the child catch a glimpse and foretaste of heaven.”

Firsts Children Doe Soul Desire Heaven Water Moral Knowledge Drink Taste Intellectual Garden Fruit Delicious Glimpse

Book:Slavery

Source: Slavery

“Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without knowledge, experience is blind. Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.”

“The first element of change is awareness. You can’t change something unless you know it exists.”

Knows Firsts Change Existence Knowledge Knowing Awareness Information Elements Making Changes Can't Change

Author:T. Harv Eker