Quotes About Learning

O happy he, who still renews The hope, from Error's deeps to rise forever! That which one does not know, one needs to use; And what one knows, one uses never.

Unhappily, moreover, on such occasions, a multitude of painful discoveries about my own sex were forced upon me; and, in truth, I was then wiser, as a girl of sixteen, than I now am, now that I scarcely understand myself. Why are we so wise when young,—so wise, and ever growing less so?

Los hombres, como los niños, caminando a tientas sobre la tierra, ignorando de dónde vienen y adónde van, son poco menos que autómatas y, exactamente como los niños, se dejan gobernar con juguetes, confites y azotes.

You need just what you do not know, and what you really know is worthless.

Einer neuen Wahrheit ist nichts schädlicher, als ein alter Irrtum.

Çocuklar ne istediklerini bilmezler. Bütün e?itimciler bu konuda ayn? dü?üncede. Ama yeti?kinler de bu dünyada çocuklar gibi sendeleye sendeleye dola??r, Onlar gibi nereden gelip nereye gittiklerini bilmezler. Gerçek ülkülere do?ru ko?maz, bisküviler ve çöreklerle avunurlar. Kimse buna inanmak istemez ama bence bunun kadar aç?k bir ?ey yoktur.

Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error.

Ba?kalar?n?n da benim kadar az bildi?i konulardan söz etmeyi sevmem.

E?itim göre göre bizler birer hiç olmu?uz.

Siempre que tenga deseos y aspiraciones, el hombre puede equivocarse.

Sevgili dostum, dikkat nedir ki? Tehlike sonu gelmez bir konudur, ö?renmekle bitmez!

school-boy. The spectators thou regardest as on work-days they regard each other. For thee, then, it may be well to wish thyself behind a desk, over ruled ledgers, collecting tolls, and picking out reversions. Thou feelest not the co-operating, co-inspiring

un cerebro que puede pensar bien, creará con el tiempo un pensador.

Thus, book after book, the book of all books would that it was given to us so that we might try to enter there as into a second world, where we lose ourselves, enlighten ourselves, perfect ourselves.

The skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.

There's much I know: yet I'd know everything. (600)

In Bibliotheken fühlt man sich wie in Gegenwart eines großen Kapitals, das geräuschlos unberechenbare Zinsen spendet.

Ignorant people raise questions which were answered by the wise thousands of years ago

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

T?tad man bija visai maz l?dz?ts ar to, ka atbr?vojos no saviem maldiem, - sapr?ts un skaidr? spriešanas sp?ja man nodar?ja v?l liel?ku ?aunumu.

Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.

I shall never rest until I know that all my ideas are derived not from hearsay or tradition but from my real living contact with the things themselves.

Our errors were endured because we found no beaten path; but from him who comes later into the world more is required; he must not be seeking and blundering, but should use the instructions of the old ones to proceed at once on the right path. It is not enough to take steps which may some day lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

Eigentlich weiß man nur wenn man wenig weiß - mit dem Wissen wächst der Zweifel.