Quotes About Learning

If he was indeed an "autodidact," there's no doubt he had the world's shittiest teacher.

If you want to teach something quickly, reinforce it every time. But if you want it to stick once the teaching phase is over, reinforce it occasionally

Mastery. The right game establishes an optimal level of difficulty.

Gopnik compares baby consciousness to that of an adult dumped into the middle of a foreign city, totally overwhelmed, constantly turning to see new things, struggling to make sense of it all. Things are even worse for a baby, actually, because even the most stressed-out adult can choose to think of something else: we can look forward to getting back to the hotel; imagine how we would describe our trip to friends; fantasize, daydream, or pray. The baby just is, trapped in the here and now.

2.Does the church in America have the humility to learn from us, or do they consider themselves to be the world's teacher? 3.Does the American church have the magnanimous spirit to work alongside us in genuine partnership that is based upon mutual respect and shared resources, or do they simply see us as their "partners" to fulfill their plans in our countries?

He is beginning to master wisdom when he tries to learn how not to try.

The aging Adams delightedly describes being surrounded by books on so many different subjects that interested him as "baits on fishhooks".

The life-changing encounters that John Quincy Adams made as an adolescent on his own in Stockholm began with a friendship he struck up at a bookstore.

He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.

Adams looks forward to teaching his granddaughters about planting trees, noting that they already show inclination toward this and need only be encouraged in the naturalist pursuits he has found so healthy.

Our religion was the religion of a Book. Man must be educated on Earth for Heaven. John Quincy Adams

The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read. We must not, however, be satisfied with retaining the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors.

Good salespeople use questions to learn something about their buyers.

He who forgets the past is doomed to repeat it.

Intelligence is nothing without delight.

The regrets that fester are overwhelmingly about failures to meet 'oughts', when we have let someone down, breaching an obligation.5 We learn from such regrets to keep our obligations. Although our decisions are biased towards momentary folly, when we consider our actions 'oughts' usually trump wants.

Behavioral scientists are not likely to agree, because such a performance can't be repeated with the true scientific method, under laboratory conditions. But the laboratory is a very limited place to learn anything but rudimentary facts about life and living.

A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement.

Teachers make a staggering number of decisions—some historical research suggests as many as 800 per day (Jackson, 1968). And no one helps you make the decisions; you're essentially on your own. As you acquire knowledge and experience, however, you learn to make these decisions routinely and efficiently (Berliner, 1994, 2000).

the INTP is more likely to be drawn to programming (to be able to use his or her auxiliary function, Intuition, to learn about new programs and creative ways to use the system).

God hasn't just sent you to do his work in the lives of your children; he will use the lives of your children to advance his work in you.

For students who have not been required to confess that it is easier to learn theology then live it, it is tempting to think maturity is more a matter of knowing in a matter of living

Change is about learning what is right, acknowledging that it is right, confessing that you have been wrong, committing to a new way of living, and seeking the help you need to do it. (66)

Knowledge is an exercise of your brain. Wisdom is the commitment of your heart that leads to transformation of your life.