I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to read more

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.

The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be read more

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out read more

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings,
Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.

When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings,
Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.