Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that obtaineth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, And the gain thereof than fine gold.
אַשְׁרֵ֣י אָ֭דָם מָצָ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝אָדָ֗ם יָפִ֥יק תְּבוּנָֽה׃ כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב סַ֭חְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּ֑סֶף וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃
…but say, "O my Lord! advance me in knowledge."
Contemplate and reflect upon knowledge, and you will become a benefactor to others.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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. …