Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

If you want to learn to swim, jump into the water. On dry land, no frame of mind is ever going to help you.

What we learn from history is that no one learns from history.

I'm not a master, I'm a student-master, meaning that I have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of a master, but I'm still learning, So I'm a student-master. I don't believe in the word master, I consider the master as such when they close the casket.

I’ve learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.'

"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before," Bokonon tells us. "He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way."

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Where my reason, imagination or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.