Quotes About Learning

There is no reason why anyone cannot get an education if he or she wants it badly enough and is persistent.

that the trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are traveling for.

I despise no learning, Sakim.

The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a post office, or even a newsstand.

And at night," I added, "a man is too tired. I fall asleep over my books, but we must read, not only for what we read but for what it makes us think. Shaping a country is not all done with the hands but with the mind as well.

It is often said that one has but one life to live, but that is nonsense. For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.

There was much to learn of people, much to learn of the art of government, which had suddenly become my responsibility. I had already learned to listen to the advice of others but to act only on my own beliefs, and to make my own decisions.

knowledge of the

I think that no two men age at the same rate, or learn equal sums from experience. Some

Son, it isn't how many books you read, it's what you get from those you do read.

organized study deadens the mind, and that genuine insight arises spontaneously from the individual soul.

knowledge is cut off from the activity in which it has its meaning, and becomes a false abstraction.

Dana raised her hand. I learned about exaggeration, she said. It was all my teacher ever talked about. We had like ten thousand tests on it, and the teacher would kill you if you didn't spell it right. That's very good, Dana! said Mrs. Jewls. You learned your lesson well.

Wait a second. I don't have to tell you. You already know. Todd was sent to your school.

Well, not exactly. I got a C-minus on the paper I wrote about my idea for the ergie. So then

He stared at the clock. Sometimes, it seemed the hands didn't move at all. Other times, he'd blink, and it would be half an hour later. Time didn't always make sense at Wayside School.

Allison," said Mrs. Jewls. "You learned a very important secret today, and I don't want you to tell any of the other children, not even Rondi." "What was that?" asked Allison. She didn't even know she had learned a secret. She loved secrets. "You learned that children are really smarter than their teachers," said Mrs. Jewls. "Oh, that's no secret," said Allison. "Everybody knows that.

Her classes were often full of young men, who were a lot more interested in the teacher than they were in getting an education. But all they ever got was an education.

How much hair do you have?" Joe shrugged his shoulders. "A lot," he answered. "But how much, Joe?" asked Mrs. Jewls. "Enough to cover my head," Joe answered. "Joe, you are going to have to learn how to count

I once had a teacher who told me I'd be twice as smart if I was half as smart as I thought I was. I'm still trying to figure that one out.

Trout often showed up at night school but never paid attention. He talked in class and was disrespectful

I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.

Yet that is considered an excellent school, and I dare say it would be if the benighted lady did not think it necessary to cram her pupils like Thanksgiving turkeys, instead of feeding them in a natural and wholesome way. It is the fault with most American schools, and the poor little heads will go on aching till we learn better.

Take some books and read; that's an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.