Quotes About Learning

I have to see a thing a thousand times before I see it once.

The thought of these vast stacks of books would drive him mad: the more he read, the less he seemed to know — the greater the number of the books he read, the greater the immense uncountable number of those which he could never read would seem to be…. The thought that other books were waiting for him tore at his heart forever.

If he could not read all the volumes he wanted, he could at least 'hold books in his hand'.

One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls.

She reads a lot of books. Good things, books.

You don't know what you are talking about, and no one sounds so silly as one who tries to talk about something he knows nothing about.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

There are few pleasures equal to that of imparting to a voracious learner the knowledge that one has grown old and weary in acquiring.

As Plato, the dangerous beguiler, said: the best philosophers in the world are boys with their beards new on their chins; I am a boy again.

Thornton Wilder

would always advise any young writer for the theater to do everything—to adapt plays, to translate plays, to hang around theaters, to paint scenery, to become an actor. . . . There's a bottomless pit in the acquisition of how to tell an imagined story to listeners and viewers.

Any sage can do philosophy, but not every philosopher is a sage.

El que se precie de conocerse bien y de saber inmediatamente lo que es válido y lo que no lo es, nunca podrá anotarse grandes éxitos en el campo del autoconocimiento. El que, por el contrario, parte de la idea de que cualquier animal de la calle lo conoce mejor de lo que él se conoce, va por buen camino.

Knowledge without Use and Expression is a vain thing, bringing no good to its possessor, or to the race. Beware of Mental Miserliness, and express into Action that which you have learned. Study the Axioms and Aphorisms, but practice them also.

El conocimiento que no se usa y expresa es una cosa vana que no aporta ningún bien a su poseedor o a la raza. Guárdense de la tacañería mental y expresen en la acción lo aprendido. Estúdiense los axiomas y aforismos, pero practíquense también.

We take great pleasure in presenting to the attention of students and investigators of the Secret Doctrines

If you are a true student, you will be able to work out and apply these Principles—if not, then you must develop yourself into one, for otherwise the Hermetic Teachings will be as "words, words, words" to you. THE THREE INITIATES.

Dondequiera que estén las huellas del Maestro, allí, los oídos del que está pronto para recibir sus enseñanzas se abren de par en par». Y además: «Cuando el oído es capaz de oír, entonces vienen los labios que han de llenarlos con sabiduría».

Los labios de la sabiduría están cerrados, excepto para los oídos del entendimiento." El Kybalión.

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When the ears of the student are ready to hear, then cometh lips to fill them with Wisdom." —

The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding"—The Kybalion.

Being uncomfortable is good, beta. It's in discomfort that growth happens.

We can look at our work as service to society and as an opportunity to learn more about ourselves by interacting with others. Our work will thus become an occasion to practice the teachings that we meditate on.