Quotes about Learning

I didn't even go to college. I wish I did.

I often visited a particular plant four or five miles distant, half a dozen times within a fortnight, that I might know exactly when it opened.

In ninth grade, I came up with a new form of rebellion. I hadn't been getting good grades, but I decided to get all A's without taking a book home. I didn't go to math class, because I knew enough and had read ahead, and I placed within the top 10 people in the nation on an aptitude exam.

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

They say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and I've learnt a great deal, but you can never predict the future, so the best thing is just to do whatever you're asked to do to the best of your ability.

There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

The thing I always say to people is this: 'If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.'

Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.

The thirst for education that comes with the change the gospel brings can be a blessing or a curse, depending on our motives.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.