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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Quotes 267. Today we have two quotes by

  • Confucius. And we have done a few other quotes by him in the past. So again if

  • you like this video, go back and check the others. Okay. Let's look at the first

  • quote. " The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute. The man who does not

  • ask is a fool for life. " Okay. Let's take a look at this. What Confucius

  • is letting you know here is there's no such thing as a foolish question. It is

  • better to ask and search out the answer than to remain ignorant.

  • He's also letting you know, don't let the fear of risking some embarrassment stop

  • you from searching out and getting knowledge. Okay. Yeah. I know even as a

  • teacher sometimes, I know that sometimes students don't want to ask a question

  • because they're afraid if they ask a question, the question may sound like a

  • stupid question. Sometimes they, it may hold them back from asking. You should

  • ask it. You should always ask it. Get it out there and get it straight once and

  • for all. Well, let's continue here. Okay. So even if

  • you suffer a moment of embarrassment that is much better than remaining

  • ignorant. Your fears may be unfounded anyway. Maybe even though you think it's

  • a stupid question, maybe other people may not really think it's a stupid question

  • or maybe they're thinking , oh good I'm glad you asked that I was thinking the

  • same thing.So you never know. Only through knowledge can you advance. Okay.

  • All right. And here's the second quote. Learn avidly. Remember, if you're avid

  • learner an avid reader, it means you have a lot of enthusiasm about it. You should

  • be excited about learning, " Learn avidly. Question it repeatedly. " So always

  • question again like many of the other famous people or great people or

  • intelligent people a lot of them actually stress this point. "Analyze it

  • carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice. "Yeah. Well if you learn

  • something from these quotes, try to try to practice or try to practice what you

  • preach or try to you know put it into practice, if you figure it out. It's

  • telling you ... All right. So here we go. Even things you think you already know

  • and are definite should be questioned from time to time. So even if you think well

  • I know that already. I don't have to look at that. No. Look again because you never

  • know just in case one was misled, especially if there seems to be

  • questions that don't make sense. Sometimes there are things in life that

  • we just kind of say okay well that's what they told us. That's it. But I don't

  • know does it really make sense ? You should question those. After discovering

  • truths and knowledge. Use it. Put it into practice or at least spread it to others

  • if you can. Okay. Good. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was food for

  • thought. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

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