“Not everything that is learned is contained in books.”

Question

It has been said, " Not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and contrast knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important?Why?

Answer 1

Books have always been a source of knowledge, but they are not the best source. Nor are they the only source. In my opinion, we learn more from our experiences than from books. Also, knowledge gained from experience is more important and valuable than bookish knowledge.

No doubt, books teach us a lot of things. That is the reason they are used extensively in education. Books contain the knowledge and wisdom of learned people. They become a part of our life as soon as we start school, and sometimes even before that. While much of the knowledge contained in books is concerned with facts and theory, it is, nonetheless, useful and valuable. That explains why well-read people are more intelligent and knowledgeable than those who do not read much.

Even so, books are not the best source of knowledge. Actually, we learn a lot more from our experiences and that learning is even more useful. Book knowledge may enable us to get a good job and earn a living, but that alone is not sufficient to go through life. No book can teach us how to deal with each and every situation that we encounter in our life. Nor can it predict the outcome of our actions. No book can teach us how to be happy or content in life. Such knowledge can only be gained from our experience. That explains why experienced people are more knowledgeable and successful than people who only read books. In the workplace, too, people who have experience are given preference to those who only have a degree.

To conclude, knowledge gained from experience is more important than knowledge gained from books because there is more to life than facts and figures. Books can give us guidelines but we can achieve perfection only from our experiences.