Quotes About Learning

We can learn much from those who came before us. The most valuable legacy our predecessors can leave us is the knowledge of how to avoid the same deadly mistakes.

Knowledge is pitiless.

Any training school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.

Life is filled with tests, one after another, and if you don't recognize them, you are certain to fail the most important ones. —admonition to acolytes, the Rossak School

Practice can take a student only so far. To truly advance, he must experience the real thing. —GILBERTUS ALBANS, Mentat manual

As Leto thought back on what he had learned during his months on this planet, pieces of the puzzle began fitting together in his mind. "Think about it," he said, "all of that can be fixed. They knew exactly where to hit in order to cripple Ix without causing permanent damage.…" Leto gave a grim nod, the reason suddenly clear to him. "The Tleilaxu want this world and its facilities intact. They plan to take over here.

Discovery is dangerous Ã¢â'¬Â¦ 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

Un hombre que no desea correr riesgos está condenado a no aprender jamás, ni a madurar, ni a vivir.

La ciencia peca de arrogancia al creer que, cuanto más desarrollamos la tecnología y más aprendemos, mejor será nuestra vida.

Too much knowledge never makes for simple decisions. —CROWN PRINCE RAPHAEL CORRINO, Discourses on Leadership

Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that lunch you are bolting down, little friend.

Life is mostly just learning how to lose.

Gert: What... what just happened? Chase: I don't know, but guess who totally stole Cookie Monster's glasses! Gert: Whew, for a second there, I was worried we almost learned something. Chase: Ooo, look at me! I'm a big fluffy nerd!

I was pretty good at picking up new languages when I was little, but it's not like I had superpowers or anything. Kids just have an easier time with words.

Every relationship is an education.

Cookie monster speaks better English than you.

Damn. How much time did you spend in the library? "I am a library.

but anyone who thinks one book has all the answers hasn't read enough books.

A hard life is not a punishment, but rather an opportunity.

People do not need saving. People need love, support, and encouragement that they can withstand any trials and will always come out stronger, wiser, and more compassionate. I cannot shelter anyone from the storms of life, or they will never grow, learn, and expand.

practice makes better

Knowledge is always a good thing, even when it makes us unhappy

I before E except after C and when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh, and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and YOU'LL ALWAYS BE WRONG NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY!!!!

I would have been a lot better off if I'd studied more when I was growing up, y'know. But you know where it all went wrong was the day they started the spelling bee. Because up until that day I was an idiot, but nobody else knew.