Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like a seed in soil; through learning this potential knowledge can become actualized, similar to how a seed grows into a plant when planted in soil. Learning allows the potential knowledge that exists innately in the human soul to be developed and realized.

1. Knowledge exists potentially in
the human soul like the seed
in the soil; by learning the
potential becomes actual
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/105277
(Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak)