Quotes About Learning

Exponía una cantidad extraordinaria de conocimientos pésimamente asimilados.

No teacher has the right to cure a child of making noises on a drum. The only curing that should be practiced is the curing of unhappiness.

When we consider a child's natural interest in things, we begin to realize the dangers of both reward and punishment. Rewards and punishment tend to pressure a child into interest. But true interest is the life force of the whole personality, and such interest is completely spontaneous.

a teacher should never touch symbols. If he is going to use psychology he should do so more in action than in words.

I am all for teachers who can make their subjects interesting, who can make them live.

I set an essay . . . 'Give a snail's description from the front door to the school gate.

Grammar used to make a good exercise . . . before the days of crosswords.

the system goes on . . . separating the head from the heart.

To know all is an impossible dream; but woe unto him who dares not to learn all, and who does not know that, in order to know anything, one must learn eternally!

Penser, c'est aller d'erreur en erreur.

Leo. Es como una enfermedad. Leo todo lo que cae en las manos, bajo los ojos: diarios, libros escolares, carteles, pedazos de papel encontrados por la calle, recetas de cocina, libros infantiles.

Je parle le français depuis plus de trente ans, je l'écris depuis vingt ans, mais je ne le connais toujours pas. Je ne le parle pas sans fautes, et je ne peux l'écrire qu'avec l'aide de dictionnaires fréquemment consultés. C'est pour cette raison que j'appelle la langue française une langue ennemie, elle aussi. Il y a encore une autre raison, et c'est la plus grave : cette langue est en train de tuer ma langue maternelle. -L'Analphabète

People should draw lessons from the past, but those who look constantly behind themselves will get nothing more than a sore neck and a good view of their backsides

people should draw lessons from the past, but those who constantly look behind themselves will get nothing more than a sore neck and a good view of their backside.

The dark places from my past are where lessons were learnt and wisdom was earnt.

When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.

Avoid preaching. Children's stories should be explorations of life

If you're dumb, surround yourself with smart people. If you're smart, surround yourself with smart people who disagree with you. (Isaac Jaffe, Sports Night)

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

History teaches us that men and nations only behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." --

Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.

Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.

MR. WEINGLASS: Between the date of your birth, November 30, 1936, and May 1, 1960, what if anything occurred in your life? HOFFMAN: Nothing. I believe it is called an American education. -from the Chicago 7 trial

Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.