"To reach a house, you must first enter the gate. The gate is the pathway leading to the house. After passing through the gate, you enter the house and meet its master. Learning is the gate to reaching the Way. After passing through the gate, you reach the Way. Learning is the gate, not the house. Don't mistake the gate for the house. The house is located farther inside, after the gate is passed. Because learning is the gate for the house, don't think books you read are the Way. Books are a gate for reaching the Way." ~from the book The Sword and The Mind.