“The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.”
Max Heindel book The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception
The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception (1909) Introduction
“The first step towards knowledge is to accept your own ignorance.”
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