Quotes About Learning

An education for freedom (and for the love and intelli­gence which are at once the conditions and the results of freedom) must be, among other things, an educa­tion in the proper uses of language.

Il fatto che gli uomini non imparino molto dalla storia è la lezione più importante che la storia ci insegna

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

In a world where education is predominantly verbal, highly educated people find it all but impossible to pay serious attention to anything but words and notions.

Living's much more difficult than Sanskrit or chemistry or economics.

was fourteen.

We can be educated for freedom—much better educated for it than we are at present.

Experience teaches only the teachable

Until all teachers are geniuses and enthusiasts, nobody will learn anything, except what they teach themselves.

Revolcarse en el fango no es la mejor manera de limpiarse

Lenina uykuda öÄŸretilmiÅŸ parlak bilgeliÄŸini . . .

Wer zu lesen versteht, besitzt den Schlüssel zu großen Taten, zu unerträumten Möglichkeiten.

Arta, presupun, r?mâne apanajul exclusiv al încep?torilor ori al celor hot?râÈ›i s? nu mai ias? din impas, mulÈ›umindu-se cu surogatul Realit??ii Absolute, cu simboluri, în loc de ceea ce semnific?, È™i cu reÈ›ete elegant compuse, în locul dineului propriu-zis.

The proper study of mankind is books. –

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can't consume much if you sit still and read books.

We cannot hope to utter anything worth saying, unless we read and inwardly digest the utterances of our betters.

Ne sebeple olursa olsun hatan?z?n üzerinde kara kara düÅŸünmeyin. Temizlenmenin yolu çamurda yuvarlanmak deÄŸildir.

de abrir esta Puerta en el Muro? La respuesta, a todos los efectos prácticos, es Ninguno. En un mundo donde la educación es predominantemente verbal, las personas muy cultas hallan poco menos que imposible dedicar una seria atención a lo que no sea palabras y nociones.

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript.

Belief is the enemy of knowledge.

Hoy el inglés se ha convertido en un idioma tan importante que hasta los norteamericanos van a tener que aprenderlo.

Siempre nos queda el derecho de querer saber.

in great wisdom there was great sadness, and that he who multiplied knowledge also multiplied grief.

Love is the best language tutor.