But one learns from books and reels only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.

When red fights with white, pink is always the winner. Let that be a lesson in love.

You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

We have become obsessed with what is good about small classrooms and oblivious about what also can be good about large classes. It’s a strange thing isn’t it, to have an educational philosophy that thinks...

So many parents think they always need to teach their children about life, when in fact, if they listened once in a while, they would learn from their kids what life is truly about.

What do I miss, as a human being, if I have never heard of the Second Law of Thermodynamics? The answer is: Nothing. And what do I miss by not knowing Shakespeare? Unless I get...

We are all told to ignore bullies. It’s something they teach you, and they can teach you anything. It doesn’t mean you learn it. It doesn’t mean you believe it. One should never ignore bullies....

Learning has no end until the day of death.

Failed efforts are there for you to examine and learn from.

The beauty of learning is that it liberates us from poverty.

If I had my way no one should be taught to read until after he had passed his hundredth year. In that way, and in that way only can we protect our youth from the...

When you mess something up, you learn for the next time.

Simply put, the best teachers believe that learning involves both personal and intellectual development and that neither the ability to think nor the qualities of being a mature human are immutable. People can change, and...

I have read the bible, seen its errors and perfections, but the bits of lie contained therein has contaminated the truth.

A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin’s face. ‘There are those,’ he said gently, ‘who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths to wisdom, this is the cruelest and longest. Are you...

I feel a resurgence of my 6-year-old self… that little warrior, goddess of a girl reminding me of who I was when I was little, before the world got its hands on me.

I want to understand the strings that are tied between me and certain other people and if they really can stretch through infinite time and space without ever breaking. Are soul mates real, and is...

blessed are those who can find light in dark places, courageous enough to feel when it’s time to reflect & hopeful enough to believe when all seems impossible. We don’t have enough pioneers like this,...

The record didn’t show how much we’re improving. We’re still a young team. We’re still learning from each other.

The most essential prerequisite to understanding is to be able to admit when you don’t understand something

(From chapter on Getting Started at Stanford).Go ahead, go to all your parties. Go ahead and go home to your families and friends every weekend. You are probably smarter than me. But it doesn’t matter....

I believe life is an education meant to teach us the need to be better people. And I believe this learning often takes place through trial and error which may mean being an awful person...

Odd how we focus on studying wars at at school to form our ‘education’. No wonder we know so little about making and forging peace as adults.

Never stop learning. Never stop growing.

For European goalies coming over here the toughest thing is learning how to play the puck and deal with the traffic. You often have to fight through the traffic to see the puck. Those things...

A warrior of the Light is never in a hurry.Time works in his favor; he learns to master his impatience and avoids acting without thinking.

Why can’t the ex-Chemist have a second chance? I get that we’re kids and he’s an adult, but you don’t learn everything before you grow up. You learn until grass grows on your grave.

Of course, I am interested, but I would not dare to talk about them. In talking about the impact of ideas in one field on ideas in another field, one is always apt to make...

A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

In learning a language, when from mere words we reach the laws of words, we have gained a great deal. But if we stop at that point and concern ourselves only with the marvels of...

Ambient sounds, especially with words, occupy about 5-10% of your intellectual bandwidth.By wearing ear protectors, you acoustically isolate yourself. This freed up bandwidth can now be focused on the desired task.It’s a great deal. Just...

She seemed to be occupied with of inner chamber of ideas and to have slight need for visible objects.

It’s just maturity. Those two players have had a great relationship, but they’re learning how to complement each other. It makes both of them better, and we want to ride that horse a while longer.

You have two choices in life when it comes to truthful observations by others that anger you: You can be ashamed and cover it up by letting your pride take you in the extreme opposite...

A sage is a former fool who has become tired of himself.A foolish sage is one who forgets this.Remember, or come full circle.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye

Life is a procession of painful lessons, and how precious those lessons are; so precious that we rejoice in the bitter-sweet gift of life.

One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.

We all need to humble ourselves from time to time and expose ourselves to new perspectives and ideas, even those of the non-experts, or else our growth potential gets weighed down with the ignorance of...

Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.

Learn rules carefully so you can break them properly

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.

I will not find myself, nor will I obtain any precarious morsel of life in giving all of life to myself. If I am ever to find these things, I must first be willing to...

Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though...

As a writer of philosophy, it’s good to ask oneself, ‘Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or even years?

I think I’m learningthat sometimes the bravest thing is not to face the world,but to turn away from it.

The whole bloated sensation of success is wiped clean when among family. There is no pressure of being looked upon as ‘the brilliant one’ but rather the comforts of always being the pupil.

Jill spent three years learning Arabic because she cared so much about this story and covering it right. If they talk to her they’ll find she’s a very respectful person … and committed to telling...

Intellectual death is endemic in areas where people are unprepared to obtain new information for development. Learning is a way of staying alive.