“In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.”
“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is the knowledge of our own ignorance.”
“What you think about when you don't have to think, shows what you really are.”
“A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.”
“Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.”
“Unlearned men of books are like the eunuchs who are guardians of the beautiful.”
“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.”
“True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.”
“Only those who have learned a lot are in a position to admit how little they know.”
“Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.”
“Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.”
“Your ability to learn depends partly on your ability to relinquish what you've held.”
“The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.”
“I loved learning, it was school I hated. I used to cut school to go learn something.”
“Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.”
“In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.”
“Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.”
“As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.”
“A man can learn only two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.”
“Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into practice what he has heard.”
“Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.”
“Never learn to do anything. If you don't learn, you will always find someone else to do it for you.”
“Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.”
“Their learning is like bread in a besieged town: every man gets a little, but no man gets a full meal.”
“I am defeated, and know it, if I meet any human being from whom I find myself unable to learn anything.”
“Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.”
“That's what learning is. You suddenly understand something you understood all your life, but in a new way.”
“Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.”
“I had six honest serving men. They taught me all I knew. Their names were: Where, What, When, Why, How and Who.”
“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.”