“We start every new experience as a beginner. Remember that the most expert, most self-assured individual you know started out as a rank beginner. Almost always, beginners feel awkward, anxious, and uncomfortable and yet proceed to make choices along with or in spite of these emotions. And, if you wait to proceed until your awkwardness or anxiety dissolves, you might wait forever!”
Source: Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety: A CBT Guide for Moving past Chronic Indecisiveness, Avoidance, and Catastrophic Thinking
“Paywall is a violation of knowledge.”
Source: Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim
“Knowledge aloof from people,
locked shut behind paywall,
bears no significance in society,
holds no worth whatsoever.”
Source: Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim
“Knowledge aloof from people,
locked shut behind paywall,
bears no significance in society,
holds no worth whatsoever.
Light accessible only to select elites,
is not light, but filth uncivilized.
Paywall is a violation of knowledge,
it vilifies the sanctity of human light.”
Source: Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim
“But you cannot see very far," said Gandalf. "Neither can I. It may be your task to find the Cracks of Doom; but that quest may be for others: I do not know. At any rate you are not ready for that long road yet."
"No indeed!" said Frodo. "But in the meantime what course am I to take?"
"Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight," answered the wizard.”
“We are in fact lifelong learners: our education does not begin or end in school or university. Informal education exists outside the walls of classrooms through community and activity-based programs...”
Source: Curious About Culture: Refocus your lens on culture to cultivate cross cultural understanding
“Knowing many languages is a blessing. Each language is a window to an uncharted world, a new way of thinking, feeling, and connecting.”
“You must learn. Only by learning can you free us.”
Source: The Lies of the Ajungo
“Thank you,” she whispered, sending up a quick prayer for his continued recovery.
“You’re welcome,” Marcus murmured.
Honoria let out a little shriek of surprise, jumping back nearly a foot.
“Sorry,” he said, but he was laughing.
It was quite the loveliest sound Honoria had ever heard.
“I wasn’t thanking you,” she said pertly.
“I know.” He smiled”
Source: Just Like Heaven
“The best way to start learning in this era of overwhelming information is to curate the best resources and find the signal in the noise that fits you. What works for others might not work for you—start with what resonates and build from there.”