Unlearned Quotes

48 quotes by 45 authors

To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin. — Martin Buber
A family from Mexico who arrived here this morning, legally, has as much right to the American dream as the direct descendants of the founding… — Bob Dole
The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a forest, but covered with mosses and lichens and for the most part inaccessible… — Henry David Thoreau
As long as we observe love for others and respect for their rights and dignity in our daily lives, then whether we are learned or… — Dalai Lama
The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense. — Benjamin Franklin
Don't be proud of what you know, and don't be self-confident if you are learned. Be open to advice from the unlearned as well as… — Barbara De Angelis
The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while the people should patriotically and cheerfully support their government, its… — Grover Cleveland
One day when Thomas Aquinas was preaching to the local populace on the love of God, he saw an old woman listening attentively to his… — Thomas Aquinas
Thus my learning is not my own; it belongs to the unlearned and is the debt I owe themMy wisdom belongs to the foolish, my… — Martin Luther
We all like to think of ourselves as a standard, and I can see that it is genuinely difficult for the English middle class to… — Raymond Williams
This is one of their [the Christians'] rules. Let no man that is learned, wise, or prudent come among us: but if they be unlearned,… — Aulus Cornelius Celsus
I hear therefore with joy whatever is beginning to be said of the dignity and necessity of labor to every citizen. There is virtue yet… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention,… — Calvin Coolidge
When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of Canaan to spring… — Jean Giono
You are not barred from attaining greatness by heredity. No matter who or what your ancestors may have been or how unlearned or lowly their… — Wallace D. Wattles
The worst thing is not that the world is unfree, but that people have unlearned their liberty. — Milan Kundera
Habits of pessimism lead to depression, wither achievement, and undermine physical health. The good news is that pessimism can be unlearned, and that with its… — Martin Seligman
How can we give if there is nothing there?... Support and understanding cannot come from the emotionally starved. Teaching cannot come from the unlearned. And… — Marion G. Romney
When any real progress is made, we unlearned and learn anew what we thought we knew before. — Henry David Thoreau
Racism is a learned affliction and anything that is learned can be unlearned — Jane Elliott

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