“Love doesn’t demand; it accepts. It has taken me my life to learn this.”
Source: Mistress of the Empire
“He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool; shun him.
He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, can be taught; teach him.
He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep; wake him.
He who knows, and knows that he knows, is a prophet; follow him.”
“More than a thousand people have been imprisoned—suspected of being part of the conspiracy—including all who served the royal family. Joliette is not safe—anywhere in France. If they discover your noble identity, you will beat me to the guillotine.”
Source: Her Own Legacy
“Getting something wrong doesn’t mean you have failed. Instead, you have just learned what does not work. You now know to try something else.”
Source: How Will You Measure Your Life?
“The natural solution to learning to live together in a community is first to learn to live apart as individuals and as families. Only when you feel good about yourself can you feel good about others.”
Source: Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
“Grey Hair Doesn't Guarantee Grey Matter.”
“Learning is not the product of teaching.”
Source: Learning All the Time
“Just at this point of my progress, Mr. Auld found out what was going on, and at once forbade Mrs. Auld to instruct me further, telling her, among other things, that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read. To use his own words, further, he said, "If you give a [n****r] an inch, he will take an ell. A [n****r] should know nothing but to obey his master--to do as he is told to do. Learning would spoil the best [n****r] in the world. Now," said he, "if you teach that [n****r] (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master. As to himself, it could do him no good, but a great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy.”
Source: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
“I have no problem with boredom, or not knowing what to do next. My only problem-which I may never solve--is finding enough time to do all the things I would like to do.”
Source: Never Too Late: My Musical Life Story
“Ignorance is not bliss, but acceptance of ignorance is.”
Source: Good Scientist: When Science and Service Combine