“Humans are more dependent on learning for survival than other species,We have no instincts that automatically find us food and shelter !”
“There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.”
“Let go of certainty. The opposite isn t uncertainty. It s openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
“The best thing for being sad, replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.”
“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books”
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
“We learn from failure, not from success!”
“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.”
“We are all failures- at least the best of us are.”
“This life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging, helping, dancing, wondering, healing, and even more loving. I choose to live life this way. I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, aw shit, he s up!”
“Learning is not child s play; we cannot learn without pain.”
“Instruction does much, but encouragement everything. (Letter to A.F. Oeser, Nov. 9, 1768)”
“One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.”