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" A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. "

Thomas a Kempis

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Thomas a Kempis

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" Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable. "

George S. Patton

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" A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. "

" It's hard to imagine anything more interesting than learning how we're woven into the enormous tapestry of existence. Where did our universe come from? How special is our world, and how special are we? We allocate tens of billions of dollars annually to NASA, NSF and academia in search of the answers. "

" The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord. "

" In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more. "

" Always be listening and learning. "

" We know that once we stop learning and call ourselves learned, we become useless members of the scientific society. "

Christian de Duve

" Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. "

Frank Lloyd Wright

" I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic. "

" I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well! "

Patricia Polacco

" Arab civilizations had been of an abstract nature, moral and intellectual rather than applied; and their lack of public spirit made their excellent private qualities futile. They were fortunate in their epoch: Europe had fallen barbarous; and the memory of Greek and Latin learning was fading from men's minds. "

" Learning how to learn is life's most important skill. "

" The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school. "

" Think how slow would be your progress in learning without printed books: you could study only manuscripts, and those necessarily must be very few in number. Learn from this to value your books, and always handle them with care. "

" Knowledge is exploding, so you need to commit yourself to a plan for lifelong learning. "

" Interestingly, simple and ordinary experiences often provide the most important learning opportunities we ever have. "

David A. Bednar

" People who stay unemployed for a long time start to look like damaged goods, and they don't get such good offers. Also, they're not learning anything. Most learning is on-the-job learning. "

Robert J. Shiller

" Most people my age, their musical life ended in the '80s. They stick with what they know. But my tastes are much broader. And I don't want to stop learning. "

" There is a cure for anti-aging that actually works - it's called lifelong learning. "

Robin S. Sharma

" I think doing research is probably the most valuable thing you can do for any career you're interested in pursuing, and not just a career on YouTube or in media. Really take a look at people whose careers you admire and learning from their successes, but also their mistakes. "

Franchesca Ramsey

" Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. "

" People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them. "

Christina Grimmie

" When you're too robotic and scripted, the students tune you out. So I always tried to use different learning modalities - kinesthetic, auditory, visual, whatever might bring learning to life. "

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" I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist. "

" When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die. "