Quotes About Learning

Per capire le cose bisogna studiare, non le sciocchezze che insegnavano a scuola a noialtri, ma com'è che si legge il giornale, com'è fatto un mestiere, chi comanda nel mondo. Si dovrebbe studiare per saper fare a meno di quelli che studiano. Per non farsi fregare da loro.

Aveva già allora quegli occhi forati, da gatto, e quando aveva detto una cosa finiva: 'Se sbaglio, correggimi'. Fu così che cominciai a capire che non si parla solamente per parlare, per dire 'ho fatto questo' 'ho fatto quello' 'ho mangiato e bevuto', ma si parla per farsi un'idea, per capire come va questo mondo. Non ci avevo mai pensato prima.

Non bastano le disgrazie a fare di un fesso una persona intelligente.

But, if we regard knowledge as an antique, as "ancient wisdom" to be collected, then we are on the wrong path.

In order to establish a real teacher-student relationship it is necessary for us to give up all our preconceptions regarding that relationship and the condition of opening and surrender. Surrender means opening oneself completely, trying to get beyond fascination and expectation.

The idea is that when the teaching begins to happen, it is an experience—but experience needs language, and at the same time, language needs experience.

There is a saying in the Tibetan scriptures: "Knowledge must be burned, hammered, and beaten like pure gold. Then one can wear it as an ornament." So when you receive spiritual instruction from the hands of another, you do not take it uncritically, but you burn it, you hammer it, you beat it, until the bright, dignified color of gold appears. Then you craft it into an ornament, whatever design you like, and you put it on.

Dating is the gym class of life, not the advanced calculus class.

Always be the worst guy in every band you're in. - so you can learn. The people around you affect your performance. Choose your crowd wisely.

If you want to really learn something, try teaching it to someone else.

Education requires both a teacher and a student. Many of us are too often reluctant to be a student.

Always be the worst guy in every band you are in.

Instead of feeling like you are the computer genius, descending from computer heaven to save your poor customer from purgatory, turn the tables around. If you're, for example, working in the insurance industry, think of your customer as a subject matter expert in insurance from which you have to learn in order to get your job done.

Because we all make mistakes, we also know that everyone else makes mistakes. So, within reason, we don't judge each other on the mistakes we make. We judge each other on how we deal with those inevitable mistakes.

Studying the work of masters is an essential part of becoming amaster.

As you're reading through code, you will find things that you would have never done. You will find things you might have never even thought of. Why? What was the developer thinking? What were his or her motivations? You can even learn from bad code with this kind of critical, self-aware exploration of an existing work.

Sir Isaac Newton said, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Smart guys like Isaac know that there is much to be learned from those who came before us. Be like Isaac.

I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really tell you any rules or anything, but the way I develop my beliefs is really just by personally learning from different situations.

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.

I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.

How will I teach this mind what it is to have a soul? How will I teach this mind to understand pain? How will I teach it to want to take on another person's suffering?

The Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself. One is to acquire a teacher. Do you remember the other?' 'Choose a friend.' I said.

There are better ways to teach a child compassion.

I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.