Quotes about Learning

And when I read, and really I do not read so much, only a few authors, - a few men that I discovered by accident - I do this because they look at things in a broader, milder and more affectionate way than I do, and because they know life better, so that I can learn from them.

When I don't know the answer to something, I write a book about it because it gives me a chance to explore it and go to some people who do have the answers.

If you think you're a really good programmer... read Knuth's Art of Computer Programming... You should definitely send me a resume if you can read the whole thing.

Sometimes you succeed.... and other times you learn.

Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.

The past must be remembered before it can be overcome.

forgiveness must be taught and practiced, as one would practice any difficult craft.

unless we learn dependence we will never experience grace.

The Kingdom cannot be learned like other subjects, such as science, geography or history. The Kingdom is learned only through revelation by the Spirit. It cannot be explained, contained or controlled—thus it is unexplainable, uncontainable and uncontrollable. It is not taught as much as it is caught—and only through the Spirit can it be caught. It cannot be embraced, explained, applied, pursued or entered without the Spirit of God.

Without remembering, wisdom is impossible (see comments on Exodus 10: 2). Wisdom is learning from our own lives and from the lives of others. Wisdom matters because good cannot be achieved without it. Good intentions without wisdom lead to either nothing or to actual evil. However much evil movements have appealed to the bad side of people's natures, almost every one of them, communism being the most obvious example, also appealed to people's good intentions.

People greatly value knowledge and intelligence, but not wisdom.

People are not born hating each other and wishing to cause harm. It is a learned condition.