Quotes About Learning

But love may have to be left off the exam. Most of us will never learn.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.

Life will examine us continually to see if we have understood and have practiced what we were taught that first year of school.

Out of the mouths of babes may come gems of wisdom, but also garbage.

In that moment of educational ennui, a freshman girl says, "I can bring a human brain to school if you want–my father has lots of them." (Talk about a full-scale class alert: She's going to do WHAT?!")

Learning came easy to him. Life did not.

Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others' experience.

If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes.

Everything that happens to you is a form of instruction if you pay attention.

Events in life mean nothing if you do not reflect on them in a deep way, and ideas from books are pointless if they have no application to life as you live it.

The key then to attaining this higher level of intelligence is to make our years of study qualitatively rich. We don't simply absorb information - we internalize it and make it our own by finding some way to put this knowledge to practical use.

Just imagine for a day that you do not know anything, that what you believe could be completely false. Let go of your preconceptions and even your most cherished beliefs. Experiment. Force yourself to hold the opposite opinion or see the world through your enemy's eyes. Listen to the people around you with more attentiveness. See everything as a source for education—even the most banal encounters. Imagine that the world is still full of mystery.

You must avoid at all cost the idea that you can manage learning several skills at a time. You need to develop your powers of concentration, and understand that trying to multitask will be the death of the process.

Learn to use the knowledge of the past and you will look like a genius, even when you are really just a clever borrower.

We want to learn the lesson and not repeat the experience. But in truth, we do not like to look too closely at what we did; our introspection is limited. Our natural response is to blame others, circumstances, or a momentary lapse of judgment.

it is a curse to have everything go right on your first attempt.

Creativity is a combination of discipline and childlike spirit.

Commit harmless mistakes that will not hurt you in the long run but will give you the chance to ask for his help. Masters adore such requests. A master who cannot bestow on you the gifts of his experience may direct rancor and ill will at you instead.

The pain is kind of challenge your mind presents - will you learn how to focus and move past boredom, or like a child will you succumb to the need for immediate pleasure and distraction?

One repays a teacher badly if one remains only a pupil. —FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

Do not envy those who seem to be naturally gifted; it is often a curse, as such types rarely learn the value of diligence and focus, and they pay for this later in life.

Establishing your differences with the mentor is an important part of your self-development, whether he is of the good or bad parent type.

Read more books than those who have a formal education, developing this into a lifelong habit.

I never read any treatises on strategy. . . . When we fight, we do not take any books with us. MAO TSE-TUNG, 1893–1976