Some quotes on learning -

“Disce Quasi Semper Victurus; Vive Quasi Cras Moriturus.”

Translated, it means:

“Learn As if You Were Going to Live Forever; Live As if You Were Going to Die Tomorrow.”

~ Gandhi (In English, it is often attributed to Gandhi, the original Latin is commonly attributed to Edmund Rich (aka. St. Edmund of Abingdon, Eadmund of Canterbury) 1.

”Learning never exhausts the mind.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

”Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” ~ Thomas Huxley

”The doer alone learneth.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

”Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

”By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” ~ Confucius

”A little learning is a dangerous thing.” ~ Alexander Pope

”Yesterday I was clever, So I changed the World. Today I am wise, So I am changing myself.” ~ Rumi

Footnotes

  1. http://nocturnaldiscourse.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/disce-quasi-semper-victurus-vive-quasi-cras-moriturus/