If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them read more

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game

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.

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.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning read more

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from those unkind; yet strange, I am read more

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from those unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.