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Best Learning Quotes by Confucius
- If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the…
- If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years,…
- You cannot open a book without learning something.
- Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
- When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and…
- Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge…
- The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I…
- Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one…
- Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
- Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
- Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.
- At fifteen my mind was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the…
- Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.
- Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.
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- Research is creating new knowledge. — Neil Armstrong
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- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov
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- The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov