Quotes About Learning

I love being asked to identify plants, and I don't know which gives me more pleasure: to know what they are or not to know what they are.

So," I asked again, "if mistakes provide the best opportunity for discovery and evolution, why do we go around trying to look so sure of ourselves all the time?" I invited the crowd of left-brain thinkers to put

The fruit of prayer is the realization that life is an eternal adventure, and that we are explorers, always changing, always learning, always breaking open into new vistas of clarity and peace.

Emotional intelligence is learning how to decipher and channel the brilliance of your heart." 

Just sing me your song. Teach me the words. Tell me what you know.

Tale as old as time, Tune as old as song. Bittersweet and strange, Finding you can change, Learning you were wrong. —HOWARD ASHMAN AND ALAN

They are I-don't-know-it-alls. They are not afraid to look dumb or make mistakes. Because of that, they go places others won't and try things others don't. That is where the new discoveries are lurking. "So

If you're not going to get any wiser, what's the point of getting older?

I studied because I wanted to know, not because I wanted the world to know I knew.

You could learn that too in books, it's said. I got a heap of books to read and ne'er a one have I read yet but two or maybe three. You could never read all the books in the world, I reckon, if you read all your days until you're old.' 'I don't aim to get old. I wouldn't. Grow up is all I aim.

As for me, I don't think writing is that hard, as long as you're comfortable with failure on every single level.

One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and you're going to learn from them. I just feel open to learning from people.

I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater.

Read, listen, and learn constantly, but always sift what you learn through the strainer of your own personal beliefs and parenting philosophy.

I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.

You never know what will spark a student's interest and feed the flame of learning. For me, all subjects are connected: writing, reading, science, art, music, math, social studies. By presenting myself as a writer with wide ranging passions - for astronomy, volcanology, art, music, history, and community service - I hope to inspire not only budding writers but also budding scientists, artists, activists...

It is very dangerous to get caught without something to read.

I think... I think sometimes that's how it is. Sometimes people have to go before you get stuff. Before you can really get it.

Queres ser feliz? - Sim. Não. Não sei. Que tipo de pergunta é essa? - Apenas uma simples - disse ela - queres ser feliz? - Eu não... acho que não sei como. - Só tu podes aprender. - disse ela.

I didn't understand most of what he was saying. I should have had to understand what he was saying. I was still so young. And I certainly should not have had to learn it this way!

During the reign of the Ptolemies the powerful Egyptian priests were indulged with elaborate temples, but the Greeks also introduced their own cultural spirit and under their aegis fine cities and seats of art and learning had been established. Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE, was in the first century, in its amalgam of cultures, a more elegant, civilised and learned metropolis than Rome could conceivably hope to be.

When you're a teacher, some students burst out at you immediately, most emerge gradually, and a few don't want you to see them at all.

This is the way of life: the many things we do not know until it is too late.