Learning Quotes · Page 267

Dakin (to Irwin, his teacher): Do you really believe that, sir, or are you just trying to make us think?

— Anthony Bennett

I don't understand people who say life is a mystery, because what is it they want to know?

— Jack Handey

Disciples do owe their masters only a temporary belief, and a suspension of their own judgment till they be fully instructed.

— Francis Bacon

If you regret anything in your life, then you haven't learned any lessons.

— Debbie Rowe

Every time your head touches the ground in prayer, remember it is to teach you to put down your ego.

— Anonymous

I try to keep a balance between conceptional or intellectual comprehension and emotional understanding.

— Anonymous

All human knowledge begins with intuitions, proceeds from thence to concepts, and ends with ideas.

— Immanuel Kant

Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end.

— Bruce Lee

I finished high school and college - I actually moved to New York to study film - and was always working in…

— Natalia Reyes

It's oftentimes the case that relief workers, people who've been involved in development projects and foreign assistance, have a real understanding of…

— Eric Greitens

“This flawless night sky adorned with crystal pendant stars is nothing more than a fragile glass of potential - shattered only to…

— Kylee Carrier

People who stay unemployed for a long time start to look like damaged goods, and they don't get such good offers. Also,…

— Robert J. Shiller

“When something comes from so deep inside you that it is beyond your understanding, then you must judge everything by that standard.”

— Rick Sandford

“Whenever that tiny bulb of revelation flashes over your head, it almost always follows a period of uncertainty. These periods are usually…

— Nichole Beamer

More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.

— Paul D. Boyer

I will never probably have the mathematical foundation to truly understand what string theorists are talking about, but it feels good, just…

— Jon Spaihts

Healing ourselves on the spiritual level involves developing a strong connection with our soul. We heal ourselves on the mental level as…

— Shakti Gawain

There are a limited number of things we can be personal with. This understanding can bring us to pare down to what…

— Gunilla Brodde Norris

To understand what happens now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely…

— Pearl S. Buck

“When we approach the Upanishads for an understanding of the Cosmic Mystery, we are coming to the very heart of the Hindu…

— Bede Griffiths

“Hard fun is, of course, the idea that we take pleasure in accomplishing something difficult: the joy in meeting and mastering a…

— David Williamson Shaffer

And for me, it is a choice. I understand that for many people its not, but for me its a choice, and…

— Cynthia Nixon

The ability of the humans to not only function in space but be very functional when they arrive at their destination, those…

— Kevin A. Ford

“Rather than seeking inspiration and meaning in life from the Bible, our culture has symbolically replaced it with the dictionary, a symbol…

— Glenn Pearson

If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe.

— John C. Maxwell

I learned to talk things out Instead of always making scenes and being immature.

— Anonymous

What we want for our students we should want for our teachers: learning, challenge, support, and respect.

— Andy Hargreaves

What I'm learning about myself is, no matter what the challenge is, I can overcome it.

— Brandon Ingram

The root of the word education is e-ducere, literally, to lead forth, or to bring out something which is potentially present.

— Erich Fromm

My wish is that we design the future of learning. We don't want to be spare parts for a great human computer.

— Sugata Mitra

He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. He is careful of what he learns, for…

— Annie Dillard

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

— Sean Durkin

We learn more from people who are different from us than ones who are the same.

— Andy Hargreaves

Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.

— Alice Walker

Knowledge for its own sake was meaningless, its mere accumulation a waste of time. Knowledge must lead to understanding.

— Moses Finley

Children understand and remember concepts best when they learn from direct personal experience.

— Joseph Cornell

A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve.

— Mary McCarthy

To understand theory is not enough. Much practice is necessary...

— Kimon Nicolaides

I think we're still learning how to write roles for women with power.

— Teresa Ruiz

To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.

— Rachel Carson