Quotes About Learning

God's word tells us that righteousness is a gift; it cannot be earned. But godliness is not a gift. We must pay a price to touch godliness through a daily decision to die to self and embrace the cross. God calls us to learn godliness in the classroom of life among people as we sit on airplanes and buses, walk among our neighbors and labor at our factories or desks.

Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening. Rumi, Mathnawi I: 1627

Don't put it off, don't wait too long. When we truly commit ourselves to a spiritual path and practice, something in Reality rises up to support us. The destiny of what we're designed to be becomes real, and the fate of unconscious behaviors is avoided. Or, even if not avoided, our mistakes become learning experiences, blessed by some invisible Mercy. As Yunus Emre said, "Ever since the glance of the mature fell upon me, nothing has been a misfortune." (p. 5)

De geschiedenis staat beneden op je te wachten.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

Education sows not seeds in you, but makes your seeds grow.

History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.

By the age of twelve, he was using the family typewriter to correspond with a number of well-known local geologists about the rock formations he had studied in Central Park. Not aware of his youth, one of these correspondents nominated Robert for membership in the New York Mineralogical Club, and soon thereafter a letter arrived inviting him to deliver a lecture before the club.

Why, Oppenheimer knows about everything. He can talk to you about anything you bring up. Well, not exactly. I guess there are a few things he doesn't know about. He doesn't know anything about sports.

Students felt free to interrupt Oppie with a question. "He generally would answer patiently," Geurjoy said, "unless the question was manifestly stupid, in which event his response was likely to be quite caustic.

When I got to Cambridge," Robert said, "I was faced with the problem of looking at a question to which no one knew the answer—but I wasn't willing to face it. When I left Cambridge, I didn't know how to face it very well, but I understood that this was my job; this was the change that occurred that year.

His physics was good, but his arithmetic awful.

decompression chamber for scholars.

Weinberg, whom Oppenheimer had come to regard as one of his brightest students, observed that mathematical formulas were like temporary hand-holds for a rock-climber. Each hand-hold more or less dictates the position of the next hand-hold. "A record of that," Weinberg said, "is a record of a particular climb. It gives you very little of the shape of the rock.

Harvard gave him a volume of Galileo's early writings. He was assigned

Wie hoch muss man die wunderbare Macht der Bücher schätzen, da wir durch sie sowohl die Grenzen der Erde als auch der Zeit unterscheiden können. Wir betrachten in ihnen, wie in einem Spiegel der Ewigkeit, die Dinge, die sind, und die Dinge, die nicht sind.« Richard de Bury, Philobiblon, 1344

Great kings and queens know to learn from those who had have great personal success in the area they taught. If you want to learn about science, you learn from a scientist. If you want to learn astronomy, you learn from an astronomer. If you want to learn how to have a great marriage, listen to the advice of those who have one. That's the secret to a long lasting happy marriage! - STRONG: Powerful Philosophy for Timeless Thoughts by Kailin Gow

Learn from the past, enjoy the now, and prepare for the future.

Wisdom does not always come with age. It comes from Experience. - Kailin Gow on Wisdom and Experience.

If being smart can improve the quality of lives, then choose to be and be smart." - Auntabelle, Amazon Lee and the Ancient Undead of Rome by Kira G. and Kailin Gow

Heritage - be proud of it for you will be its legacy. It's your responsibility to carry on and learn your heritage. Otherwise, it will be lost.

Learn from those who have paved the way before you. - Kailin Gow on Wisdom

You never stop learning. There is so much to see and do, so much to live for, that you can't possibly learn it all in a single lifetime. - Kailin Gow