Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst…They are for nothing but to inspire.

The best thing for disturbances of the spirit is to learn. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening...

Louis was often struck by Gage’s speech, not because it was cute, but because he thought that small children all sounded like immigrants learning a foreign language in some helter-skelter but fairly amiable way. He...

Learning is not the sole purpose of our existence, but if you can’t even cope with that then what will you ever achieve?

Anything which begins new and fresh will finally become old and silly. The educational institution is certainly no exception to this, although training the young is by implication an art for old people exclusively, and...

We’ve been had.

storyteller” felt about right. I am a teacher and a storyteller in that order. I have made my living and my real contribution to my community as a teacher, and I have been very lucky...

I don’t need to go to heaven or hell. I have been both places and always wanted more. I will settle for somewhere in between, so eternity never becomes dull and every miracle is something...

Most of all, differences of opinion are opportunities for learning.

LORE, n. Learning –particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books, or by nature. This latter is commonly designated as folk-lore and...

The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.

Get out of your own way. Learn to exist gracefully and peacefully with yourself.

Importance of the random: keep brushing up against people, books, experiences we don’t yet know what to do with.

The essence of true education in one’s life is to show the presence of mind, heart and soul to sense everything right

I am a student at heart, even a child can teach me something new.

Before, I wanted to say: “I found love!” But now, I want to say: “I found a person. And he belongs to me and I belong to him.

Anything I run across can light up the circuitry of my brain, and set me on an adventure. To research strains of yeast; hiccup fetishists; the proper use of inverse, obverse, converse and reverse; the...

Take the stupidest thing you’ve ever done. At least it’s done. It’s over. It’s gone. We can all learn from our mistakes and heal and move on. But it’s harder to learn or heal or...

In my school, he thought, they learn bitterness and frustration and how to grow old.

As for those who spite you, and seemingly just because, it’s only evident that they’re learning from you. Maybe you taste bad – kind of like medicine, kind of like truth – and to them,...

We learn best when we care about what we are doing, when we have choices. We learn best when the work has meaning to us, when it matters. We learn best when we are using...

I am skeptical that distance education based on asynchronous Internet technologies (i.e., prerecorded video, online forums, and email) is a substitute for live classroom discussion and other on-campus interaction. Distance education students can’t raise their...

Discipline is a bridge built through everyday action.

Learning how to love is like learning how to tie your shoes, and that’s precisely why I wear slippers.

It is no accident that Sufis find that they can connect most constructively with people who are well integrated into the world, as well as having higher aims, and that those who adopt a sensible...

One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding is done by external assessment. If you seek some mark...

These dear souls came not to Sabbath school because it was popular to do so, nor did I teach them because it was reputable to be thus engaged. Every moment they spent in that school,...

Life is a learning experience and this is a very peaceful method of accepting the reality you face…”What will I learn?

Leaders are passionate learners. Leaders are always seeking ways to improve themselves by sharpening their skills. They fully embrace the fact that growing leaders lead growing organizations.

Accountability makes no sense when it undermines the larger goals of education.

Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!

Annoyance has made me bilingual.

Some folk learned the nature of God, that He was merciful, having spared a husband or some cattle, that He was strict, having meted out hard punishment for small sins, that He was attentive, having...

The pleasure of reading is the greatest solitude.

Today I am so grateful that God knows my heart.Others may misunderstand my good intentions, judge my words or deeds, find fault,or blame what they truly do not understand.But God knows my heart. He knows...

It’s not that I feel that school is a good idea gone wrong, but a wrong idea from the word go. It’s a nutty notion that we can have a place where nothing but learning...

Life is education.Education is a lifetime knowledge.

She loved the fact he was older than her and more experienced, he had so much to teach her and she couldn’t wait to learn.

Possibly, he was in a state of second growth and recovery, and was constantly assimilating nutriment for his spirit and intellect from sights, sounds, and events which passed as a perfect void to persons more...

There are opportunities for all of us, we just have to open our eyes and hold ourselves completely accountable

The knowledge of all things is possible

I shouldn’t have to have extra things in order to make learning happen. My extra things just make school more fun.

We all mess up. It’s what we learn from our mistakes that matters.

Moral maturity and freedom require more than mere adherence to the law; they require an understanding of the why and wherefore of its rules and regulations- the principles that make it worthy of their allegiance.

The problem in today’s economy is that people are typically starting a family at the very time they are also supposed to be doing their best work. They are trying to be productive at some...

Will raised both eyebrows. ‘Well, you learn a new thing everyday,’ he said reflectively.’In your case, that’s no exaggeration,’ Halt said, completely straight-faced.

Success, for most people, requires unlearning as much as learning.

By means of poetry all this suffering and effort could be transformed into dream; no matter how much of the ephemeral existed, poetry could immortalize it by turning it into song. Only two or three...

Thinking in mythological terms helps to put you in accord with the inevitables of this vale of tears. You learn to recognize the positive values in what appear to be the negative moments and aspects...

…knowledge imprisons you. You cannot escape it. What you know you cannot unknow. That’s why knowledge is dangerous. Learning will redefine your world, irreversibly.