Learning Quotes

These 92 quotes on learning come straight from the QuotePlace collection — lines by poets, philosophers, leaders and artists across the centuries. Open any card to read the quote on its own page and meet the author behind it.

He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. — Confucius
He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
Confucius
To learn and at due times to repeat what one has learnt, is that not after all a pleasure? — Confucius
To learn and at due times to repeat what one has learnt, is that not after all a pleasure?
Confucius
To study the Buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. — Dogen
To study the Buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
Dogen
And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others. — Wole Soyinka
And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.
Wole Soyinka
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. — Robert Frost
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. — Nelson Mandela
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
Nelson Mandela
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. — Albert Camus
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
Learning is the true imperishable riches; all other things are not riches. — Thiruvalluvar
Learning is the true imperishable riches; all other things are not riches.
Thiruvalluvar
The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. — Confucius
The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
Confucius
No man is good by chance. Virtue is something which must be learned. — Seneca
No man is good by chance. Virtue is something which must be learned.
Seneca
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. — Epictetus
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
Epictetus
We learn not in school, but in life. — Seneca
We learn not in school, but in life.
Seneca
You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. — Richard Bach
You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.
Richard Bach
We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! We can learn to fly! — Richard Bach
We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! We can learn to fly!
Richard Bach
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. — Albert Einstein
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
Albert Einstein
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