Quotes About Learning

My temptations have been my masters in divinity.

I know a beautiful garden, where there are a great many children in fine little coats, and they go under the trees and gather beautiful apples and pears, cherries and plums; they sing and run about and are as happy as they can be. Sometimes they ride on nice little ponies, with golden bridles and silver saddles. I asked the man whose garden it is, "What little children are these?" And he told me, "They are little children who love to pray and learn and are good.

for no man, without trials and temptations, can attain to the true understanding of the Holy Scriptures. 

If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of those branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it meant.

We are old fools. The more educated and intelligent we become, the less we know and understand.

I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.

There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.

I had a teacher in art school who said something about the only works he really enjoyed seeing or found much in were works where he had a sense that a discovery was made in the course of making this object. I like to hold to that as my marching orders.

In Ecclesiastul scrie <>;dar neavand nicodata fericirea sa merg la catehism cu ceilalti copii, nu am fost prevenit de pericolele studiului. Crestinii au mare noroc ca sunt de foarte tineri pusi in garda impotriva riscului inteligentei; ei vor sti, toata viata sa se fereasca de ea. Fericiti cei saraci cu duhul.

Elle n'avait pas de réponse, mais, même si c'était un peu effrayant, ce n'était pas grave. Les réponses sont un frein à la croissance et à la connaissance.

The secret to mastery in any field is to forever be a student.

Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.

Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?

Wer leichter glaubt, wird schwerer klug.

You have to take responsibility and become the architect of your own success by learning what it takes to navigate the twists and turns of a long career, because if you don't take responsibility for your own success, nothing will happen.

Hindsight really is a fucking wonderful thing.

Oh, to be that young again, and know what she knew now.

I'm a great believer in anything that gets anyone reading

Miles Davis once said: "Do not fear mistakes—there are none.

Creativity is the discipline you use when you don't know the answers, when you're traveling to parts unknown. On this type of journey, missteps are actually steps. Every mistake brings you closer to the solution.

In developing talent, hard work trumps genetics.

When you shift your focus from getting grades to gaining understanding, you set yourself on the road to mastery. You begin learning how to learn.

Often the most resource-ful person is the one who has tried the most approaches, taken the most risks, failed the most times.

With you guys, it seems like I'm hot stuff … a know-it-all … but I've been back with The Batman again, and next to him I feel like I'm a stupid kid repeating fifth grade … for the third time.