Learning Quotes

"The child has a different relation to his environment from ours. The child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul." "Education must begin at birth." "Only practical work and experience lead the young to maturity." "Education demands only this: the utilization of the inner powers of the child for his own instruction." "The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon." "I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world." "I'm not a traditional programmer. I don't even know how to use a computer." "If you make a fashion misstep, it’s not the end of the world." "The most important thing you can do is learn that you can learn." "Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance" "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." "There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked." "True learning must not be content with ideas, which are, in fact, signs, but must discover things in their individual truth." "The best lessons come from the most unexpected places." "Every day is an opportunity to learn and grow." "Mistakes are after all the foundations of truth and if a man does not know what a thing is it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not" "Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood" "I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom." "To read is to let someone else work for you, suffer for you, and think for you." "The good of a book lies in its being read."