Quotes About Learning

So while the kids played in the room next door, I had sex for the first time and discovered that it was like masturbation, but a lot more work.

At most, he was introducing me to a body of knowledge I could draw from, like the writings of Joseph Campbell or the teaching of the Buddha or the lyrics of Jay-Z. After

Relationships are like divining rods for locating one's faults and weaknesses.

Having the right goal is essential for Christian education to be effective. According

We will never learn so much that we will no longer need to be dependent upon the Lord. A

It wasn't the degree that counted but what you did with it; he believed that too many Americans wasted time and money on college simply for the sake of a fancy piece of paper.

Most of the MacCormicks and Bedells are college grads and according to my father the youngsters have all been educated beyond their intelligence.

When shit happens, you turn it into fertilizer for your tree of knowledge.

Nelson DeMille

willful ignorance.

Brodie smiled. He said, "When shit happens, you turn it into fertilizer for your tree of knowledge.

I don't know much about auto mechanics, and Jack the Ripper didn't know much about anatomy.

There was a big banner hung at the entrance to the stacks which read: "Find Buried Treasure—Read Books." Excellent advice.

Most jobs are interesting when you are learning them,' I said.

Sivilisaation ydin ovat tekstit, jotka sen kouluissa opetetaan, jotka sen oppilaat oppivat ja jotka muistetaan koettelemusten aikana.

Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in antiquity.

A prudent man will always try to follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been truly outstanding, so that, if he is not quite as skillful as they, at least some of their ability may rub off on him.

the wise man should always follow the roads that have been trodden by the great, and imitate those who have most excelled, so that if he cannot reach their perfection, he may at least acquire something of its savour.

he wise man should always follow the roads that have been trodden by the great, and imitate those who have most excelled, so that if he cannot reach their perfection, he may at least acquire something of its savour.

And since there are three scales of intelligence, one which understands by itself, a second which understands what is shown it by others, and a third which understands neither by itself nor on the showing of others, the first of which is most excellent, the second good, but the third worthless

A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savour of it.

He was not a scholar, and he did not have the temperament of one who finds knowledge an end in itself.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

men ought ever to desire to be served by one who has reaped experience at the expense of others.