Quotes about Learning

Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.

There is not anything that can so suddenly flood the mind with shame as the conviction of ignorance, yet we are all ignorant of nearly everything there is to be known.

If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.

We are wiser than we know.

Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him.

The student is to read history actively not passively.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Never read a book that is not a year old.