Quotes About Learning

We are not the same musicians, mentally nor the same human beings, and not being the same, it is very difficult to read an old music treatise in its proper meaning and context. The solution, of course, is to read less about music and more about context.1

When I have the time at home, I'll practice three or four hours a day. I have to. And I'm a late starter I started at age 17 and at age 51 I'm still learning.

If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.

Incompetent, confident people are not likely to become more competent.

It takes a conscious effort to expose yourself to new ideas.

People who live in the past sacrifice their lives in vain. The past offers one set of data, but not necessarily the one that matters most.

I can't possibly go to school today," Michelle pouted, "I have nothing to wear." Her

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

All knowledge leads to self-knowledge.

It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.

A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.

Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing.

Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose, to accept defeat, to learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes, you must free your ambitious mind, and learn the art of dying.

To know, but to be as though not knowing, is the height of wisdom.

Learn the principles, abide by the principles, and then dissolve the principles.

To understand techniques, you must learn that they contain a lot of condensed movement.

He who knows not, knows not, he knows not, he is a fool shun him. He who knows not and he knows not, he is simple teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows, he is asleep, awaken him. He who knows and knows that he knows, he is wise, follow him.

Los errores son siempre perdonables, si se tiene la valentía de admitirlos.

The aim of education. — Education: to discover but not merely to imitate. Learning techniques without inward experiencing can only lead to superficiality.

Knowledge is fixed in time, whereas, knowing is continual. Knowledge comes from a source, from an accumulation, from a conclusion, while knowing is a movement.

He who knows not, knows not, he knows not, he is a fool shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not, he is simple teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows, he is asleep, awaken him. He who knows and knows that he knows, he is wise, follow him.

Enrich your understanding. — Don't be in a hurry to "fix" things; rather, enrich your understanding in the ever-going process of discovery and finding more the cause of your ignorance.

The six principle steps of teaching. Motivation of the trainee Maintaining their complete attention Promoting mental activity (thinking) — discussion, question, lecture Creating a clear picture of material to be learned; outlining the material Developing comprehension of the significance, the implications, and the practical application of the material being presented (clear goals) Repetition of the five preceding steps until learning has taken place

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.