If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
ει δε τις υμων λειπεται σοφιας αιτειτω παρα του διδοντος θεου πασιν απλως και μη ονειδιζοντος και δοθησεται αυτω
James 1:5
The same idea in other traditions
…but say, "O my Lord! advance me in knowledge."
Contemplate and reflect upon knowledge, and you will become a benefactor to others.
The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
The Master said, "Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous."
Therefore, seeker after the highest truth, study the sacred lore, in order to cause yourself and others to attain perfection.
'Now that which is that subtile essence (the root of all), in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is the Self, and thou, O Svetaketu, art it.'
Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.
Little is known by any one but the spiritual man, / Who has in his heart a touchstone of vital truth. / The others, hovering between two opinions, / Fly towards their nest on a single wing. / Knowledge has two wings, opinion only one wing; / Opinion is weak and lopsided in its flight. …