Learning

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others.

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

Books are not merely books, they are the life blood of master spirits.

The reading, not of all books, but especially of such as have been written by persons capable of conveying proper instruction, for it is a species of conversation we hold with their authors.

The first degree contains only notions so clear of themselves that they can be acquired without meditation.

To lose a volume to C. carries some sense and meaning in it.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world brother

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother

In youth we learn; in age we understand

Experience is the teacher of all things

Every failure is a step to success

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him

All experience is an arch to build upon

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it form him

The proof of the pudding is in the eating

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

Always desire to learn something useful