Quotes About Learning

There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

Off I go, rummaging about in books for sayings which please me.

Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end.

Children's playthings are not sports and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

He who would teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live.

We are born to inquire into truth; it belongs to a greater to possess it.

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

Elämä ilman lukemista on vaarallista, silloin on pakko tyytyä elämiseen ja siinä on omat riskinsä.

How We Can Learn From Howard Phillips Lovecraft to Turn Our Spirit into a Living Sacrifice

Humanistisen alan yliopisto-opinnot eivät tunnetusti johda mihinkään, paitsi lahjakkaimmilla opiskelijoilla humanistisen alan yliopistonopettajan uralle. Meillä on toisin sanoen hassunkurinen järjestelmä, jonka ainoa tavoite on omaneuvoinen lisääntyminen ja jossa jätteen osuus on yli yhdeksänkymmentäviisi prosenttia.

Een universitaire studie in de letteren leidt zoals iedereen weet nergens toe, behalve, voor de meest getalenteerde studenten, tot een universitaire onderwijscarrière in de letteren. [...]Zo'n studie is echter niet schadelijk en kan zelfs een marginaal nut hebben.

en la mayoría de las ocasiones la transmisión del saber es imposible, la diversidad de las inteligencias es extrema y que nada puede suprimir ni siquiera atenuar esa desigualdad fundamental

The academic study of literature leads basically nowhere, as we all know, unless you happen to be an especially gifted student, in which case it prepares you for a career teaching the academic study of literature—it

The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Kids may be taught misinformation or bigotry at their churches or in their homes, but at school, perhaps before those ideas can solidify, something else is challenging them with facts.

If the goal of higher education is, in fact, to foster a self-actualization (Maslow 1967), certain personally significant experiences must occur.

Jane had a mental block the size of the polar ice cap when it came to Andy's job. He said IT programming was no harder than learning a language but she'd never been able to do that either. As long as their computer at home let her occasionally shop on eBay she was fine not knowing why.

I think I could use a library," she answered finally.

Gary Ladd's Pathways Project is a long-term study of the various influences on children's early and continuing educational progress. This longitudinal study of children from kindergarten through middle school examines aspects of family and school that affect children's academic success. Results indicate that when children have difficulty with their peer group at school, they perform less well on measures of learning and achievement.9

Because you realize you are a work in progress yourself, you offer your children grace when needed, while helping them see the correct path that God desires all His children to follow.

Pienso que es muy importante (al menos lo era para mí) que si vais a enseñar a la gente a hacer observaciones, tenéis que demostrar que de ellas puede surgir algo maravilloso.

De modo que llegó una época, quizá, en la que para algunas especies el ritmo al que aumentaba el aprendizaje alcanzó una pendiente tal que, de repente, ocurrió una cosa completamente nueva; un animal podía aprender cosas, transmitirlas a otro y a otro con la suficiente rapidez para que no se perdieran para la especie. Así fue posible una acumulación de saber de la especie. A veces a esto se le ha llamado enlazar el tiempo.

Intentamos demostrar que estamos equivocados tan rápidamente como sea posible, porque solo de esta manera podemos encontrar el progreso.