Quotes about Learning

Docendo discimus, (Latin "by teaching, we learn")

"The saying "He who teaches others, teaches himself" is very true, not only because constant repetition impresses a fact indelibly on the mind, but because the process of teaching itself gives deeper insight into the subject taught."

—John Amos Comenius (1592-1670)

“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.”

― Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

"The important part of learning is doing. I think the big change is that we will move from an emphasis in instructionist thinking to constructionist thinking."

— Seymour Papert (1928-2016)

“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”

― John Dewey (1859-1952)

“We learn to do something by doing it.

There is no other way.”

― John Holt (1923-1985)

“The biggest enemy to learning is the talking teacher.”

― John Holt (1923-1985)

“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.”

― John Holt (1923-1985)

"I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."

—Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"Once you stop learning, you start dying"

—Albert Einstein (1879-1955)