"True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new."
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)
“From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery.”
― Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)
"From the freedom to explore comes the joy of learning. From knowledge acquired by personal initiative arises the desire for more knowledge. And from mastery of the novel and beautiful world awaiting every child comes self-confidence."
― Edward O. Wilson
"There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation."
― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)
"True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents."
― John W. Gardner (1912-2002)
“It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.”
― Max Planck (1858-1947)
“Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.”
― Gautama Buddha (483-400BCE)
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
― Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
― Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.”
― E.M. Forster (1879-1970)
"The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running. Where it is lacking there are no real students, but only poor caricatures of apprentices who, at the end of their apprenticeship, will not even have a trade."
— Simone Weil (1909-1943)
"I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."
—Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“Don't Just
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
― Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”
― Aristotle (384-322BC)
“The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)
“Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986)
“It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.”
― Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974)
“It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail.”
― Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.”
― Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)