When asked about how to rear obnoxious children by an irritating interviewer. http://books.google.com/books?id=dUgPxKzVq9AC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=study+herod+madame+study+herod&source=bl&ots=_I14EG7TXF&sig=_iMbpV_AKe9HZ2U8L0Xi93jcAe8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vWl5VJvXLqy1sQSw74HADg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=study%20herod%20madame%20study%20herod&f=false
“To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.”
Dogen (1200–1253) Japanese Zen buddhist teacher
Source: As quoted in Exploring the Inner World : A Guidebook for Personal Growth and Renewal (1974) by Tolbert McCarroll, p. 6
Nasreddin (1208–1284) philosopher, Sufi and wise man from Turkey, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes
Idries Shah, The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin (1973), , p. 134
G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, composer and writer
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
Tom Peters (1942) American writer on business management practices
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“Literature is not a subject of study, but an object of study.”
Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist
"Quotes", Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (1957), Polemical Introduction
“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Variant: Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.
Source: The Analects, Chapter II
“Study the historian before you begin to study the facts.”
Edward Hallett Carr What Is History?
Source: What Is History?
“Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“Science is the study of those things that can be reduced to the study of other things.”
Gerald M. Weinberg (1933–2018) American computer scientist
Source: Introduction to General Systems Thinking, 1975, p. 30; Quote in: Dieter Spath, Walter Ganz (2008) The Future of Services: Trends and Perspectives. p. 226
