Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.

Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.

The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the read more

The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting."

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of read more

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.

A tough lesson to learn in life is that not everyone wishes you well.

A tough lesson to learn in life is that not everyone wishes you well.