Quotes about Learning

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

Getting to know God by His names is more than simply learning a new word or discovering a new title He goes by. Learning to know God by His names opens up the door to knowing His character more fully and experiencing His power more deeply.

To err is human, but it feels divine.

I can bring good even out of your mistakes.

Because you are human, you will continue to make mistakes. Thinking that you should live an error-free life is symptomatic of pride.

MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE PROBLEMS IN YOUR LIFE. Though many things feel random and wrong, remember that I am sovereign over everything. I can fit everything into a pattern for good, but only to the extent that you trust Me. Every problem can teach you something, transforming you little by little into the masterpiece I created you to be.

YOU ARE ON AN ADVENTUROUS TRAIL with Me. This is not an easy time, but it is nonetheless good—full of blessings as well as struggles. Be open to learning all that I want to teach you as you journey through challenging terrain, and be willing to let go of familiar comforts so you can say a wholehearted "Yes!" to this adventure.

Human beings have a voracious appetite for trying to figure things out in order to gain a sense of mastery over their lives.

those called will learn to trust God.

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

... that when you're buying books, you're optimistically thinking you're buying the time to read them. (Paraphrase of Schopenhauer)

If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.