“I thought I was learning to live; I was only learning to die.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), I Philosophy
Variant: While I thought I have been learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.
“When you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”
Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie
Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)
“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“The more I study, the more I learn and absorb, the more I realize how truly little I know.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 116
“I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.”
Annie Dillard (1945) American writer
Source: Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters
“I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.”
Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.”
Stephen King book Christine
Pt. 1, Ch. 5
Christine (1983)
