Quotes about Learning
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
— Henry Ward Beecher
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
— Henry Ward Beecher
A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Yearly we use mountains of paper and rivers of ink reprinting dead men's brains, while the living Holy Ghost is seeking for men to trample underfoot their own learning, deflate their inflated ego,
— Leonard Ravenhill
The greater the amount of knowledge you accumulate, the bigger your island gets, but the greater the shoreline of the unknown becomes. In short, the more you know, the more you know you don't know.
— Leonard Sweet
Twenty-first-century people hear and learn differently than most churches communicate.
— Leonard Sweet
"We called him Tortoise because he taught us," said the Mock Turtle angrily. "Really you are very dull!"
— Lewis Carroll
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.
— Bill Bailey
'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'
— Lewis Carroll
For students, the evolution-creation discussion can be a useful exercise, for it can help develop their critical thinking skills.
— Ken Ham
Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.
— Samuel Johnson
I'm so full of useless information; I'm the kind of person that collects useless information. I like to know everything!
— Stellan Skarsgard