learning
“By seeking and blundering we learn.”
“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.”
“Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.”
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
“It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.”
“Let no one delay the study of philosophy when young nor weary of it when old.”
“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
“Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.”
“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”
“The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.”
“And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.”
“Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to practice it at due times?”
“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”
“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.”
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.”