#learning

No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man. ↗

— John Selden

#born #his #learning #man #matter

Among the many short cuts to science, we badly need someone to teach us the art of learning with difficulty. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#short-cuts #art

From you we have learned what we, at least, value, to separate Church and State; and from you we gather inspiration at all times in our devotion to learning, to religious liberty, and to individual and National freedom. ↗

— Seth Low

#devotion #freedom #gather #individual #inspiration

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard. ↗

— George Lucas

#easy #films #hard #learning #make

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. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#dying #growth #ignorance #learning #life

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#being #grew #i #learning #musician

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here. ↗

— Yao Ming

#america #basketball #culture #difficult #foreign

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day. ↗

— Dannii Minogue

#because #coach #could #day #doing

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it. ↗

— Helen Mirren

#how #learning #life #trick

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#am #begin #colors #different #different colors