Quotes About Growth

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.

As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.

Everyone must become their own person, however frightful that may be.

One cannot alter a condition with the same mind set that created it in the first place.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.

Failing isn't bad when you learn what not to do.

Ego=1/Knowledge More the knowledge lesser the ego, lesser the knowledge more the ego.

Failure is success in progress

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking..

I do not teach anyone I only provide the environment in which they can learn

As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness.

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.

once you stop learning you start dying

One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one's greatest efforts.

No one does anything right in life, until they realize that they are making a mistake

It is our American habit if we find the foundations of our educational structure unsatisfactory to add another story or wing.

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.

A ship is always safe at the shore, but that is not what it is built for.

Growth comes through analogy; through seeing how things connect, rather than only seeing how they might be different.

A problem can't be solved with the same level of thinking that created it.

If you've never done anything wrong it's probably because you have never tried anything new.