Quotes About Learning

This seems plainly absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

The examination system, and the fact that instruction is treated mainly as training for a livelihood, leads the young to regard knowledge, from a purely utilitarian point of view, as the road to money, not as the gateway to wisdom.

The young, no doubt, make mistakes; but the old, when they try to think for them, make even greater mistakes.

The youth who is capable of becoming a philosopher will be distinguished among his fellows as just and gentle, fond of learning, possessed of a good memory and a naturally harmonious mind.

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.

Ich hätte gern eine Welt, in der das Ziel der Erziehung geistige Freiheit wäre und nicht darin bestünde, den Geist der Jugend in eine Rüstung zu zwängen, die ihn das ganze Leben lang vor den Pfeilen objektiver Beweise schützen soll. Die Welt braucht offene Herzen und geistige Aufgeschlossenheit, und das erreichen wir nicht durch starre Systeme, mögen sie nun alt oder neu sein.

Akbar, though he could neither read nor write, was a highly educated man.

I learned the tyranny of figures before I knew the value of a pound.

Youth was a condition defined by the fact that you don't know what you don't know until it's too late.

But the greater truth is that life is not something you can go into training for.

Life is full of change, honey. That's how we learn and grow. When we're born, the Good Lord gives each of us a Life Book. Chapter by chapter, we live and learn... When a chapter of your Life Book is complete, your spirit knows it's time to turn the page so a new chapter can begin. Even when you're scared or think you're not ready, your spirit knows you are.

Satan knows that the nature of humankind is to act out of how we feel rather than what we know. One of our most important defenses against satanic influence will be learning how to behave out of what we know is truth rather than what we feel.

One of our most important defenses against satanic influence will be learning how to behave out of what we know is truth rather than what we feel. Satan's desire is to modify human behavior to accomplish his unholy purposes.

into the depths of Scripture or researched a single Greek word. They simply taught what they knew. I don't know any other

I am the Lord God, who teaches you for your benefit, who leads you in the way you should go. Isaiah 48:17

They welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Acts 17:11

I'm about to enroll you in a class with Miss Manners. You'd qualify for a scholarship." "I'll

That is not how you learned about the Messiah, assuming you heard Him and were taught by Him, because the truth is in Jesus. Ephesians 4:20–21

Unfortunately, human hearts seem remarkably resistant to wisdom.

He will teach us about His ways so we may walk in His paths. Micah 4:2

Lord, make me a student and take me not home, until You look in my face and see the reflection of Your own.

Listen, my sons, to a father's discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding. Proverbs 4:1

Lord, Your Word says that he who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe (Prov. 28:26). I've come to realize that I cannot trust in myself. My safety is in learning to trust in You, Lord.

After three days, they found Him in the temple complex sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Luke 2:46