Quotes About Learning

I told you that I understood crazy," Chet said. "I was wrong. Thank you for the master class.

The only reason to be subservient to those with power is so that you can learn to someday take what they have.

A scholar knows not to waste time rediscovering information already known.

It was rather difficult to throw a game when you had no idea what you were doing to win it in the first place.

History, by definition, cannot be experienced directly. As it is happening, it is the present, and that is philosophy's realm.

The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's in how they make use of what life has shown them.

it had never occurred to her that having knowledge was entirely different from explaining that knowledge to others.

The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust me, I've practiced.

The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone

He grabbed the sword from the man he had felled, holding the weapon in unpracticed hands, staring down a much larger force. "I was wrong about that one, Mistress," Sazed said softly. "I ... apologize." Vin smiled.

school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.

Being young was an excuse. A plausible justification

Magic is like bad grammar; hang around it long enough, and it rubs off on you.

Three chapters is an awfully long time in book terms. You see, time moves differently in novels. The author could, for instance, say, "And I spent fourteen years in prison, where I obtained the learning of a gentleman and discovered the location of a buried treasure." Now

Sometimes it's too easy to forget the things you should remember—and far too easy to remember the things you really should forget.

Jasnah was different. She gave Shallan a topic and the freedom to pursue it as she wished. Jasnah offered encouragement and speculation, but nearly all of their conversations turned to topics like the true nature of scholarship, the purpose of studying, the beauty of knowledge and its application.

I bet the first time you had emotions, you babbled a lot and soiled your clothing.

Algebra ist gut für die Entwicklung. Ungefähr wie Demut, nur mit mehr Faktoren.

This is life. The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived.

Is it such a shameful thing, he thought, to be the man who likes to provide information for others, rather than be the one who has to use that information?

It has been my experience that most problems in life are caused by a lack of information. Many people just don't know the things they need to know. Some ignore the truth; others never understand it.

To be young is about action. To be a scholar is about informed action.

If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted our study.

The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's how they make use of what life has shown them.