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“There are four types of students: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer, and the sieve. The sponge, which soaks up everything; the funnel, which takes in at one end and lets out at the other; the strainer, which permits the wine to pass out and retains the lees; and the sieve, which separates the bran from the fine flour.”

Ends Learning Four Students Fine Type Wine Permit Sponges Flour

Book:The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus

Source: The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus

“Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave”

World Justice Prayer Support Learning Wise Four Brave Memorial Memorial Day Valor Great Memorial Day Remembrance Day

Author:Elijah Muhammad

“Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.”

Knows Use Would Be Freedom Simple Learning Democracy Four Conversation Constant Simple Words

Author:Andre Maurois

“Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.”

Years Stills Enough Given Education Teach Learning Four Notion Four Years Liberating Harvard

Book:Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism

Source: Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism

“But what if I make a mistake?' Will asked. Gilan threw back his head and laughed. 'A mistake? One mistake? You should be so lucky. You'll make dozens! I made four or five on my first day alone! Of course you'll make mistakes. Just don't make any of them twice. If you do mess things up, don't try to hide it. Don't try to rationalize it. Recognize it and admit it and learn from it. We never stop learning, none of us.”

Ifs Should Trying Firsts Made Courses Mistake Learning Five Four Lucky Mess Making Mistakes What If Laughed Dozen So Lucky Rationalize Lucky You One Mistake Never Stop Learning

Author:John Flanagan

“Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.”

“It was at home I learned the little I know. Schools always appeared to me like a prison, and never could I make up my mind to stay there, not even for four hours a day, when the sunshine was inviting, the sea smooth, and when it was joy to run about the cliffs in the free air, or to paddle in the water.”

Knows Mind Littles Home Running School Joy Water Hours Learning Four Air Sea Prison Sunshine Smooth Cliffs Inviting Unschooling

Author:Claude Monet

“Do you know that the words meditation and medicine come from the same root? Meditation is a kind of medicine; its use is only for the time being. Once you have learned the quality, then you need not do any particular meditation, then the meditation has to spread all over your life. Only when you are meditative twenty-four hours a day then can you attain, then you have attained. Even sleeping is meditation.”