“Wisdom can be learned. But it cannot be taught.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 53
Source: HR from the Outside In, 2012, p. 31
“Wisdom can be learned. But it cannot be taught.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 53
“Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat.”
Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) American author and polymath
“Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can’t be taught.”
Paul Desmond (1924–1977) American jazz musician
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“Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”
Harold Geneen (1910–1997) American businessman
Managing, Chapter Six (Leadership), p. 99.
Dave Sim (1956) Canadian cartoonist, creator of Cerebus
Source: Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing (1997), p. 21
E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet
A Poet's Advice (1958)
Context: Almost anybody can learn to think or believe or know, but not a single human being can be taught to feel …
the moment you feel, you're nobody-but-yourself.
To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
“The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given.”
Vin Scully (1927) American sports broadcaster
Commenting on Kenley Jansen's first pitching appearance in the MLB on July 24, 2010
Maxine Hong Kingston (1940) Chinese American author
Source: On the strength of a community in “’I Can Write My Shadow’: Alexis Cheung Interviews Maxine Hong Kingston” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/can-write-shadow-alexis-cheung-interviews-maxine-hong-kingston/ in Los Angeles Review of Books (2016 Dec 22)
Béla H. Bánáthy (1919–2003) Hungarian linguist and systems scientist
Source: Systems Design of Education (1991), p. 110
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
Biden officially running for president, MSNBC.com, January 31, 2007, 2007-02-01 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16901147/, <br class="br">2000s