“The key was to roll with the evolving situation, and contour new tactics around the principles we had discovered back home…if you have a solid foundation, you should be fine. Tactics come easy once principles are in the blood.”
Source: The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
“I'm just a student, one who sees / the paradox of Socrates, / to understand I do not know / and yet enlighten as I go.”
Source: The Humbling and Other Poems
“But when I heard that you were feeling the same way, I wanted to do something to help you.”
Source: The Friendly Mouse
“I wanted to do for you what you did for me...” “What an answer to prayer!”
Source: The Friendly Mouse
“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.”
“If you feel impatient and want to learn quickly, the best thing you can do is to just live life!
There's not better teacher than life itself.”
Source: Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 2
“The secret to our brilliance is that we never stop learning, and the secret to our learning is that we never stop playing.”
Source: Math Games with Bad Drawings: 75 1/4 Simple, Challenging, Go-Anywhere Games―And Why They Matter
“Engineers ... are not superhuman. They make mistakes in their assumptions, in their calculations, in their conclusions. That they make mistakes is forgivable; that they catch them is imperative. Thus it is the essence of modern engineering not only to be able to check one's own work but also to have one's work checked and to be able to check the work of others.”
Source: To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
“Solo había una persona en la que pensaba cada noche, justo antes de quedarme dormida, y que me obligaba a olvidar por la mañana al despertar, aunque no hubiera sido consciente de ello hasta ese momento.”
Source: ¿Y si de verdad te quiero?
“The distinction between objective and personal thinking must truly first be learned. Many people never learn this (look at our colleagues in the ministry! among others).”
Source: Letters and Papers from Prison