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We learn an art or craft by doing the things that we shall have to do when we have learnt it. — Aristotle · 322 BCOld to grow, but ever learning. — Solon · 119The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — PlutarchExperience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Learning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — AristotleFor it is impossible for any one to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows. — Epictetus · 108All 25 quotes →Education7 quotes
The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — PlutarchLearning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — AristotleAll wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. — Juvenal · 100Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. — Ecclesiastes 12:12 · 931 BCAnd seek for truth in the groves of Academe. — Horace · 14 BCEducation is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. — B.F. Skinner · 1964All 7 quotes →Knowledge2 quotes
Let us now suppose that in the mind of each man there is an aviary of all sorts of birds-some flocking together apart from the rest, others in small groups, others solitary, flying anywhere and everywhere... We may suppose that the birds are kinds of knowledge, and that when we were children, the receptacle was empty; whenever a man has gotten and detained in the enclosure a kind of knowledge, he may be said to have learned or discovered the thing which is the subject of the knowledge: and this is to know. — Socrates · 369 BCThe mind is like a muscle, okay, and if you want it to be really powerful, you got to work it out. Ok? Each new fact gives you another choice. Each new idea builds another muscle, okay, and it’s those muscles that are going to make you really strong. Those are your weapons and in this unsafe world, I want to arm you...Look, okay, if at the end of the term, you’re not faster, stronger, and smarter, you will have lost nothing. But if you are, you’ll be that much tougher to knock down. — Louanne Johnson · 1995Learning from mistakes2 quotes
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743A learning experience is one of those things that says, "You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.” — Douglas Adams · 2001Life lessons2 quotes
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. — Willa Cather · 1915A learning experience is one of those things that says, "You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.” — Douglas Adams · 2001Value of education2 quotes
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — AristotleHold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life. — Proverbs 4:13 · 686 BCWisdom2 quotes
Old to grow, but ever learning. — Solon · 119Learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do. — Umberto Eco · 1980Adversity1 quote
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. — Willa Cather · 1915Aging1 quote
Old to grow, but ever learning. — Solon · 119Arrogance1 quote
For it is impossible for any one to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows. — Epictetus · 108Books1 quote
Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. — Ecclesiastes 12:12 · 931 BCCertainty1 quote
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows. — Epictetus · 108Corporal punishment1 quote
The man who has never been flogged has never been taught. — Menander · 291 BCEpistemology1 quote
Let us now suppose that in the mind of each man there is an aviary of all sorts of birds-some flocking together apart from the rest, others in small groups, others solitary, flying anywhere and everywhere... We may suppose that the birds are kinds of knowledge, and that when we were children, the receptacle was empty; whenever a man has gotten and detained in the enclosure a kind of knowledge, he may be said to have learned or discovered the thing which is the subject of the knowledge: and this is to know. — Socrates · 369 BCFools1 quote
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Hard work1 quote
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. — Juvenal · 100Information overload1 quote
Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. — Ecclesiastes 12:12 · 931 BCIntellectual humility1 quote
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows. — Epictetus · 108Knowledge is power1 quote
The mind is like a muscle, okay, and if you want it to be really powerful, you got to work it out. Ok? Each new fact gives you another choice. Each new idea builds another muscle, okay, and it’s those muscles that are going to make you really strong. Those are your weapons and in this unsafe world, I want to arm you...Look, okay, if at the end of the term, you’re not faster, stronger, and smarter, you will have lost nothing. But if you are, you’ll be that much tougher to knock down. — Louanne Johnson · 1995Lack of curiosity1 quote
For it is impossible for any one to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows. — Epictetus · 108Leadership1 quote
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. — John F. Kennedy · 1963Learning from experience1 quote
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. — Mark Twain · 1897Life experience1 quote
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Mastery1 quote
The life so short, the craft so long to learn. — Hippocrates · 410 BCMistakes1 quote
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Nature of knowledge1 quote
Let us now suppose that in the mind of each man there is an aviary of all sorts of birds-some flocking together apart from the rest, others in small groups, others solitary, flying anywhere and everywhere... We may suppose that the birds are kinds of knowledge, and that when we were children, the receptacle was empty; whenever a man has gotten and detained in the enclosure a kind of knowledge, he may be said to have learned or discovered the thing which is the subject of the knowledge: and this is to know. — Socrates · 369 BCObstacles to learning1 quote
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows. — Epictetus · 108Old age1 quote
Old to grow, but ever learning. — Solon · 119Personal development1 quote
The life so short, the craft so long to learn. — Hippocrates · 410 BCPractice1 quote
We learn an art or craft by doing the things that we shall have to do when we have learnt it. — Aristotle · 322 BC