Your own soul is nourished when you are kind, it is destroyed when you are cruel.
~ King Solomon
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life…By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is established; And by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.