Quotes about learning

„I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.“

—  Rosa Parks African-American civil rights activist 1913 - 2005

Quiet Strength (2000)

„In randori we learn to employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.“

—  Kanō Jigorō Japanese educator and judoka 1860 - 1938

Source: Kodokan Judo (1882), p. 23
Context: In randori we learn to employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent. Indeed, it is much more impressive to beat an opponent with proper technique than with brute force. This lesson is equally applicable in daily life: the student realized persuasion backed up by sound logic is ultimately more effective than coercion.

„Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life.“

—  Abbie Hoffman American political and social activist 1936 - 1989

The "Steal Yourself Rich" Book (1971), p. v.
Context: Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.

„Take these broken wings and learn to fly.“

—  Paul McCartney English singer-songwriter and composer 1942

Source: Blackbird Singing: Poems and Lyrics, 1965-1999

„Anxiety was a philosophical concept before it taken up by psychology and psychiatry. The Danish philosopher Kierkegaard (1813-1855) argued that anxiety is part of human nature. Anxiety arises where possibility and actuality come into contact and the present touches the future. Anxiety is a product of having the freedom to make choices and act, and by doing so make a commitment to one’s identity, ways of being in the world, and standing in relation to other people. For Kierkegaard, anxiety can be an avenue to stand in relation to God. This is why he wrote, “Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.”
One can bracket out the God dimensions and still learn something valuable from Kierkegaard, namely that anxiety can cause inaction, which is, in its most basic sense, a loss of freedom. What is possible may never actualize and one may lose the present by tending to an imagined future. One becomes immobilized and unable to meet needs and realize goals and aspirations.“

—  Peg O'Connor American philosopher 1965

"Anxiety Is a Part of Human Nature" https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/philosophy-stirred-not-shaken/201703/anxiety-is-part-human-nature, Psychology Today, (Mar 24, 2017).

„The four laws of learning are: the first is demonstration of what you want. The second is the criticism of the demonstration. The third is the imitation of the correct model, and the fourth is repetition, over and over until it becomes habit where is you don’t think about it.“

—  John Wooden American basketball coach 1910 - 2010

Interview on Charlie Rose https://archive.org/details/WHUT_20100614_130000_Charlie_Rose (2000)

„I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.“

—  W. H. Auden, September 1, 1939

Source: September 1, 1939 (1939), Lines 19–22

„No one has the right to make a boy learn Latin, because learning is a matter for individual choice; but if in a Latin class, a boy fools all the time, the class should throw him out, because he interferes with the freedom of others.“

—  A.S. Neill, book Summerhill

Source: Summerhill (1960), p. 356

„Universities won't survive. The future is outside the traditional campus, outside the traditional classroom. Distance learning is coming on fast.“

—  Peter F. Drucker American business consultant 1909 - 2005

I got my degree through E-mail http://www.forbes.com/forbes/1997/0616/5912084a.html, Forbes (June 16, 1997)
1990s and later

„No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.“

—  Peter F. Drucker American business consultant 1909 - 2005

„He is the master who, after reaching the furthest shores and plumbing the inmost depths of the sea of ultimate knowledge of mathematics, kinematics and spherics, handed over the three sciences to the learned world.“

—  Aryabhata Indian mathematician-astronomer 476 - 550

Bhaskara I, quoted in: J J O'Connor and E F Robertson "Aryabhata the Elder".

„It occurred to me that if my friends were loathsome, perhaps I needed to learn from my enemies.“

—  Orson Scott Card American science fiction novelist 1951

Homecoming saga, Earthborn (1995)

„I have learned a great deal from novels. Some of it is even true.“

—  Dean Koontz American author 1945

„The noblest people are those despising wealth, learning, pleasure and life; esteeming above them poverty, ignorance, hardship and death.“

—  Diogenes of Sinope ancient Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy -404 - -322 BC

Stobaeus, iv. 29a. 19
Quoted by Stobaeus

„I really am… shinobi trash. But the one thing I still learned is this. That void is something that everyone helps you fill. Just because you face adversity and hardships, is no reason to give up on this world. A person willing to throw away all those memories… of their friends and comrades, will never find peace of mind. Resorting to something like that isn't going to bury that hole. If you persevere and endure, someone will be there to support you!“

—  Hatake Kakashi, book Naruto

„We never learn, we been here before
Why are we always stuck and running from
The bullets?
The bullets?“

—  Harry Styles English singer, songwriter, and actor 1994

"Sign of the Times", written by Harry Styles, Jeff Bhasker, Mitch Rowland, Ryan Nasci, Alex Salibian, Tyler Johnson
Lyrics

„Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.“

—  Morrie Schwartz American sociologist 1916 - 1995

„The Doctor does have some long speeches and he talks very quickly. Learning all his babble can take a while, but it's very well written babble so I don't mind and you do get quicker. When I filmed Recovery during the break in Doctor Who I would sit down at the weekend and learn the script in an hour and I was like 'Hang on??“

—  David Tennant Scottish actor 1971

You do get used to it though.
Davidtennant.com exclusive interview (February 2007) http://www.team-tennant.com/article/id154.html

„A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.“

—  B.F. Skinner, book Beyond Freedom and Dignity

Source: Beyond Freedom and Dignity (1972).