#learning

"I believe in study. I believe that men learn much through study. As a matter of fact, it has been my observationthat they learn little concerning things as they are, as they were, or as they are to come without study. I alsobelieve, however, and know, that learning by study is greatly accelerated by faith."

"You are allowed to think whatever you want at Emory, so long as it is approved by administrators. They are watching."

"The only things you learn are the things you tame"

"Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives."

"In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn."

"When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes."

"It’s very simple. As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more than the negative that you’re going to die, it’s also the positive that you understand you’re going to die, and that you live a better life because of it."

"Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding."

"Best way to learn is by reflecting and emulating."

"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."

"Your comfort zone is a place where you keep yourself in a self-illusion and nothing can grow there but your potentiality can grow only when you can think and grow out of that zone."

"Before, I wanted to say: "I found love!"But now, I want to say: "I found a person. And he belongs to me and I belong to him."

"For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you."

"Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank."

"There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent."

"A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition."

"Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding"

"Your personal truth is your gift to the world."

"You can't be a rebel without the scars that come with it. Truth is, some days scars are just as ugly as they are beautiful."

"Any fool can know. The point is to understand."