Quotes About Learning

The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry--is not even a "subject"--but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.

the classical definition, originated by MIT, I was a guy with an interest in how things work,

skip a day's class

We ought to forget all this silliness about fund-raising and public relations and get back to what we do best. Educating the young." As we watched Babson laugh and

President Kennedy would have been better served if he had remembered from his days as a junior officer in the Navy that the closer one gets to a fight, the more one learns of its essence.

One of the things I'd learned ... was how to take a compliment. Just say, "Thank you." It's the only response a confident person can make.

True wisdom has a curious way of revealing to yourself your own true ignorance.

Ella guided me: sometimes directly, sometimes with story and metaphor, but mostly how she lived.

experience was not yet my friend

I think we believed that what we'd achieved acamically was akin to growing up, rather than something we might have done in place of it.

American English was different from the language she'd learned at Maple Leaf International in Dhaka, but she was lucky because George corrected her and kept her from making embarrassing mistakes.

If we were born knowing everything, what would we do with all this time on this earth?

How you doing at 26 Fed?" "I'm growing and learning, meeting new challenges with confidence and enthusiasm while developing good work ethics and people skills." "I'm surprised they haven't fired your ass." "Me too.

Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add.

I never lose, I either win or learn

n Mens het letterkunde in jou lewe nodig, want daarsonder gaan jy agteruit.

It reaffirmed my long-held belief that education was the enemy of prejudice. These were men and women of science, and science had no room for racism.

Like all Xhosa children, I acquired knowledge mainly through observation. We were meant to learn through imitation and emulation, not through questions. When I first visited the homes of whites, I was often dumbfounded by the number and nature of questions that children asked of their parents—and their parents' unfailing willingness to answer them. In my household, questions were considered a nuisance; adults imparted information as they considered necessary.

But I had little knowledge of Marxism, and in political discussions with my communist friends I found myself handicapped by my ignorance of their philosophy. I decided to remedy this.

People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite

Je ne perds jamais. Soit je gagne, soit j'apprends.

tenían ese gran respeto por la educación que tan a menudo muestran quienes carecen de ella...

I never lose. I either win or I learn.

En lugar de desarrollar la imaginación del hombre, nuestro sistema educativo muchas veces lo sofoca tratando poner en la mente del hombre la sabiduría que busca. Le obliga a memorizar una cantidad de libros que, muy pronto, son refutados por libros posteriores. La educación no se logra poniendo algo en el hombre; su propósito es sacar del hombre la sabiduría que está latente en él.