If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive. Dale Carnegie
One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand. Edward Albee
After a typhoon there are pears to gather up. English Proverb
If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant. Vietnamese Proverb
Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather. Czech Proverb