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Education Quotes by Paulo Coelho

41 Education quotes by Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho says teaching is a way to show that something can be done, while learning is about making it happen for yourself. He also notes that a teacher should spark a student’s own discovery and that teaching yourself helps you learn too. He reminds us to stay humble, to learn from scars, and to live each day as its own lesson.

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We learn what we need, Not what we'd want to

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It is necessary to be humble in order to learn.

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“But of course, how else to learn the right signs?”

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A warrior takes every opportunity to teach himself.

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You can only learn when you teach.

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There is only one way to learn. It's through action.

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If you want to see a rainbow you have to learn to see the rain.

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“Everyone has his or her own way of learning things”

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It's only those who are persistent and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the master work.

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There is only one way to learn. It's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

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“one must learn that which is necessary, and not simply what one wants”

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Spending years studying at university only to find out at the end of it all that you're unemployable.

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People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.

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“Some things stay forever, but most of the exercises, practices, and teachings end up disappearing down a black hole. Or so it…

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“When a teacher helps someone to discover something, the teacher always learn something new too.”

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Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.

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“What we need to learn is always there before us, we just have to look around us with respect and attention in…

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Forget about the future, and live each day according to the teachings, confident that God loves his children. Each day, in itself,…

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What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of…

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A disciple...can never imitate his guide's steps. You have your own way of living your life, of dealing with problems, and of…

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“People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early,…

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This is the first teaching of the Knights: You will erase everything you had written in the book of your life up…

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They went to university because someone, at a time when universities seemed important, said that in order to rise in the world,…

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All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the…

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Everyone's looking for the perfect teacher, but although their teachings might be divine, teachers are all too human, and that's something people…

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“Everyone's looking for the perfect teacher, but although their teachings might be divine, teachers are all too human, and that's something people…

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“Learn to love better. This should be our goal in the world: learn to love. Life offers us thousands of opportunities for…

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“A warrior of light respects the main teaching of the I Ching: 'To persevere is favourable.' He knows that perseverance is not…

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Everyone has their own way of learning.

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Moving slowly enables us to learn faster.

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“Be proud of the scars in your soul. They will help and teach you.”

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“People never learn anything by being told, they have to findout for themselves.”

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We must study things we will never use, but which someone told us were important to know.

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Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.

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“Those who don't understand their personal legends will fail to comprehend its teachings.”

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We must have a university degree even if we never get a job in the area of knowledge we were forced to…

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To teach is to show what is possible; to learn is to make yourself possible.

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I am learning the Language of World and everything in the world is beginning to make sense to me

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“People don't learn when they're told, They should find out themselves”

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“A teacher isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover…

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When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written…

She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms…

“The simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.”