Learning Quotes

"A book should be a ball of light in one's hand." "The life so short, the craft so long to learn" "The greatest scholars are not the wisest men" "The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history." "We are natural learners. Learning is our default state." "Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play." "The power to question is the basis of all human progress" "The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done" "Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him" "Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family" "Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for thinking about a variety of things" "Experience, travel - these are an education in themselves" "Life will bring you the same challenges, the same problems, the same issues until you learn your lesson." "In my experience, each failure contains the seeds of your next success if you are willing to learn from it" "I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow." "It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable." "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it" "Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all." "To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi." "Much learning does not teach understanding"