Read when you can.Teach when you ought.Learn when you must.Apply when you should.

Learning was the only distinction to which she thought to aspire.

As I get older, I have a very strong urge to know about stuff. I want to learn the names of trees and birds; that's the sort of knowledge I want to pass on to my son.

Every time you learn a new language, your understanding of language overall grows, so every time I would learn new music, my understanding of music would grow because I was taken to an extreme in a different direction, and that was, in effect, carrying over into what I do.

No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally — and often far more — worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.

In the second turning, we "Encourage" ourselves to practice this path. This is realized by learning, reflecting, and practicing. As we learn, whether by reading, listening, or discussing, we need to be open so we can see ways to put what we learn into practice. If learning is not followed by reflecting and practicing, it is not true learning.

I have found that the more I teach those who want to learn, the more I learn.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

I've seen that phenomenally successful people believe they can learn something from everybody. I call them 'mavericks with mentors.' Richard Branson, for instance, is a total maverick but he surrounds himself with incredibly successful, smart people and he listens to them.

Cultivate Curiosity. If you really want to grow in your lifetime, learn to be as inquisitive as a child. Curious people are never bored, and for them life becomes an unending study of joy.

There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.

You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.