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 know that your soul is on life support and that you feel lost and like you’re completely spinning out of control, but you’re finding yourself — here, tonight… even in this darkness.

Where we fall are the stepping-stones for our journey.

Trying to mix the right shade of blue to paint the ocean sky; not quite sure how it will turn out; jumping into something new here, like a big ocean of newness.” -Jennifer Ritchie Payette,...

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create theirown.

A contemporary Catholic opponent of Martin Luther complained, “Even tailors and shoe-makers – even women and ignorant persons, who could read but little – studied it (the German Bible) with the greatest avidity as the...

To truly learn from someone or something, one must first learn to love them.

I’m starting to think this world is just a place for us to learn that we need each other more than we want to admit.

I once had a substitute teacher in my 4th grade class that was wonderful. He said learning was like throwing mud on a wall. Some will stick, and some will fall off. But if you...

We don’t want it on Tantalus where they’re learning how to drift. We don’t want it at Sandy’s. We used to race on the streets back in the 50’s and 60’s. We know what it’s...

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.

Ho ho ho, tell me why you are not at home’ is something Santa Claus could ask you if you stayed in a hotel over Christmas. It is most certainly not the reason why it...

Many things which are called ‘secrets’ are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.

Learning is like the fuel that moves the machinery of your body towards it’s destination of success. Shortage is possible, hence spare supply is necessary!