Quotes About Learning

The older he got, the more he appreciated the sublime pleasures of the life of the mind, to which he now sought to devote himself almost exclusively.

Great Inititates are characterized less by their cosmic wisdom than by the deep knowledge that they are endless beginners at all times, with an infinity of things to learn

that pecking order. The dogs are taught

I'm always more at home with those who are seeking answers than with those who say they have them.

It almost feels like I've suffered in order to be able to see what I otherwise wouldn't.

Human nature is tabula rasa (a blank slate).7

I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me.

I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.

If you don't use your experience, your past is wasted, and you are betraying yourself.

We are very fond of books. You can learn nearly everything from them that rabbits can't teach you.

If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel ' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.

Our job as writers is to be as curious as a child, to see things for the first time, and to never assume.

I'm so amazed," he says, "by the ability of life to hang on to anything. Given the opportunity, it goes everywhere. A species as creative and arguably intelligent as our own should somehow find a way to achieve a balance. We have a lot to learn, obviously. But I haven't given up on us.

Removing his sunglasses, Sala shakes his head. "I'm so amazed," he says, "by the ability of life to hang on to anything. Given the opportunity, it goes everywhere. A species as creative and arguably intelligent as our own should somehow find a way to achieve a balance. We have a lot to learn, obviously. But I haven't given up on us.

The key to finding a terrific mentor is not to pursue someone who is at the very top of the profession, but to find someone who two years ago was where you are now. He or she will be most familiar with your current situation, and have relevant, timely experiences and perspective to share.

I prefer solitude to companions, since there are so few men who are trustworthy, and almost none truly learned. I do not say this because I demand scholarship in all men—although the sum total of men's learning is small enough; but I question whether we should allow anyone to waste our time. The wasting of time is an abomination.

You live, you learn You love, you learn You cry, you learn You lose, you learn You bleed, you learn You scream, you learn

It is only by participation in a rational, practice-based community that one becomes rational.

I am far more interested in being a beginner than in trying to become an expert. Life is difficult and complicated for everyone - but it's very, very short.

It is easy to begin but hard to stick at, which is why I respect anyone who has completed a long hike. You learn a lot, someone, by hiking in the hills

Only the curious have, if they live, a tale worth telling at all.

No act of knowledge acquisition is entirely without risk.

Keep trying,' Merlin said. 'Keep making mistakes, and learning from them. That's all any culture ever does.

I don't really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.