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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.
Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.
When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something
When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive.
Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive.
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.
How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I read more
How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew, once.
Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.
Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.
