Quotes About Learning

An unread book does nobody any good

Most people worth knowing enjoy reading.

Not a wall in the building lacked books. Books even occupied the space above doorways.

You can't fully prepare. You do your best to acquire diverse skills. You try to learn from your successes and mistakes over the years. You try to assemble a team with varied talents and expertise. Mostly, you strive to stay calm enough to think clearly even under extreme pressure. You try to use the adrenaline for focus rather than panic. You stay on your toes, ready to improvise. And you hope for the best.

The purpose of existence is the education of the will. And the meaning of life is to learn to love the right things.

even misplaced faith can help us gain knowledge. We try to be smart about where we put our faith and we adjust as we learn more.

You're trying to figure out who you are. I see it. And you'll make it. But not if you give up." Seth heaved a sigh. "I might want to give up, but I won't. I worry, though: what if everything I do just causes more harm?" "Everyone causes harm," Calvin said. "Sometimes we hurt others, and sometimes we hurt ourselves. If you've caused a problem, you learn and do better. You become smarter for next time. And you undo what harm you can.

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others. Don't pout; you're about to see something impressive. And it won't even give you nightmares.

Everyone causes harm," Calvin said. "Sometimes we hurt others, and sometimes we hurt ourselves. If you've caused a problem, you learn and do better. You become smarter for next time. And you undo what harm you can.

We all just do the best we can. When we make mistakes, we admit them, learn from them, ask forgiveness and move on.

Grandpa Garnier: Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

That is what mature faith requires — not pride over how much one sees and understands, but humility, the feeling that one is still a child, certain of so little, still so dependent on God and others, with so much still to learn — including so much more to learn about humility.

When any sector of the church stops learning, God simply overflows the structures that are in the way and works outside them with those willing to learn.

Trying to stop people from learning, sharing, and loving is a losing game because it means working against God and the plotline of God's universe.

Spiritual] Practices are not for know-it-alls. Practices are for those who feel the need for change, growth, development, learning. Practices are for disciples.

For me, Carol, we can't be faithful to God unless we're faithful to the facts, faithful to the data if you will. And so, instead of hiding from evolution, I think we'd be more faithful to God to look it right in the eye and learn from it.

I guess you could say that the Bible is a book that doesn't try to tell you what to think. Instead, it trys to teach you how to think. It stretches your thinking; it challenges you to think bigger and harder than you ever have.

Nock's "plan of action" was "a plan of no action at all. To Nock there was clearly only one path to follow, and that was to learn, to think, to write, to informally teach, and then, simply wait.

The old man chuckled again. "Hei Mao, you have not even begun to master it. It is impossible to master anything in kung fu. There is always some way that everything can be improved. Now again!" They repeated the movement yet again. This

My best teachers were not the ones who knew all the answers, but those who were deeply excited by questions they couldn't answer.

as Stephen Jay Gould summarized it, "A large brain allowed us to learn…the inevitability of our personal mortality"26 and "all religion began with an awareness of death.

Some people consider facts to be dangerous things that must be locked away and carefully guarded. But I consider mysteries a far greater threat. We should seek answers wherever possible, regardless of the consequences. —GILBERTUS ALBANS, secret Erasmus dialogues

Discovery is dangerous . . . but so is life. A man unwilling to take risks is doomed never to learn, never to grow, never to live. —Planetologist Pardot Kynes, An Arrakis Primer, written for his son Liet

The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice. —REBEC OF GINAZ