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."

Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at

Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.

Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.