Quotes About Learning

Wer erst handelt, wenn er eine Antwort hat, wird nie eine finden.

Ada baiknya bahwa saya tetap awam terhadap kenyataan itu.

Knowledge is the highest form of worship for a Muslim believer.

To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken—all of these are deeply desired outcomes during the deliberate, divine tutorials which God gives to us—because He loves us. These learning experiences must not be misread as divine indifference. Instead, such tutorials are a part of the divine unfolding.

God, as a loving Father, will stretch our souls at times. The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched. . . . God will tutor us by trying us because He loves us, not because of indifference!

We could not learn love in the abstract any more than we could learn patience and the other cardinal virtues. Just as we cannot know the "fellowship of his sufferings" without suffering, we also come to know real fellowship with our fellowmen only by serving them.

Ah, you begin to acquire wisdom,' said Sprag. 'Irritation is one of the first signs.

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

Each book holds an experience and an adventure." [ Letters of Note ; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]

Research is creating new knowledge.

We would do much better as leaders in the Church to learn at the feet of the farmer rather than study with the CEO of a corporation.

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There's something wrong there.

there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.

Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don't ever forget that! And don't say "I'll never be good". You can become better! and one day you'll wake up and you'll find out how good you actually became.

Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.

Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was solely related to how many librarians it contained. Possibly a slight overstatement. But a culture that doesn't value its librarians doesn't value ideas and without ideas, well, where are we?

Libraries are our friends.

Knowledge is high in the head, but the salmon of wisdom swims deep

I think all that is one of the most important things in human life–shared experience, learning, and let's face it, a whole lot of fun.