"…knowledge, like everything else in the world, is material. It is material, and this means that it possesses all the characteristics of materiality. One of the first characteristics of materiality is that matter is always limited, that is to say, the quantity of matter in a given place and under given conditions is limited."
One could be sure of nothing in regard to him. He might say one thing today and something altogether different tomorrow, and yet, somehow, he could never be accused of contradictions; one had to understand and connect everything together. p.36
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"…knowledge" (he emphasized the word) "is far more accessible to those capable of assimilating it than is usually supposed; and that the whole trouble is that people either do not want it or cannot receive it." p.37
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"…knowledge, like everything else in the world, is material. It is material, and this means that it possesses all the characteristics of materiality. One of the first characteristics of materiality is that matter is always limited, that is to say, the quantity of matter in a given place and under given conditions is limited." p.37
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"…the matter of knowledge possesses entirely different qualities according to whether it is taken in small or large quantities." p.37
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"…the enormous majority of people do not want any knowledge whatever; they refuse their share of it and do not even take the ration allotted to them, in the general distribution, for the purposes of life… Owing to this, enormous quantities of knowledge remain, so to speak, unclaimed and can be distributed among those who realize its value." p.38
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"There exists a general equilibrium which cannot be upset." p.39
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"He who wants knowledge must himself make the initial efforts to find the source of knowledge and to approach it, taking advantage of the help and indications which are given to all, but which people, as a rule, do not want to see or recognize. Knowledge cannot come to people without effort on their own part." p.39
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"A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows." p.39-40
Some titbits from this reading:
One could be sure of nothing in regard to him. He might say one thing today and something altogether different tomorrow, and yet, somehow, he could never be accused of contradictions; one had to understand and connect everything together. p.36
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"…knowledge" (he emphasized the word) "is far more accessible to those capable of assimilating it than is usually supposed; and that the whole trouble is that people either do not want it or cannot receive it." p.37
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"…knowledge, like everything else in the world, is material. It is material, and this means that it possesses all the characteristics of materiality. One of the first characteristics of materiality is that matter is always limited, that is to say, the quantity of matter in a given place and under given conditions is limited." p.37
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"…the matter of knowledge possesses entirely different qualities according to whether it is taken in small or large quantities." p.37
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"…the enormous majority of people do not want any knowledge whatever; they refuse their share of it and do not even take the ration allotted to them, in the general distribution, for the purposes of life… Owing to this, enormous quantities of knowledge remain, so to speak, unclaimed and can be distributed among those who realize its value." p.38
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"There exists a general equilibrium which cannot be upset." p.39
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"He who wants knowledge must himself make the initial efforts to find the source of knowledge and to approach it, taking advantage of the help and indications which are given to all, but which people, as a rule, do not want to see or recognize. Knowledge cannot come to people without effort on their own part." p.39
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"A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows." p.39-40