Learning

The state or fact of knowing Specific information about something

The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study

A person who is morally educated will be a lot better equipped to move up in life or succeed than a morally bankrupt person with excellent academic qualifications.

A simple way to remove fear is to seek knowledge and understanding.

– Brahma Kumaris

Anyone who thinks he knows all the answers isn’t up to date on the questions.

– Frank Lawrence

Educated people are those who can choose wisely and courageously under any circumstances.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.                – Benjamin Franklin

If you think education is costly, try ignorance.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Knowledge and timber shouldn’t be much used until they are seasoned.

– Oliver Wendell Holmes

Knowledge has got no edge. It is like the universe, no beginning and no end.

– Hemant C. Lodha

Knowledge is like a garden; if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.

– African Proverb

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Listen to Everyone & Learn from Everyone. Because, Nobody knows EVERYTHING but Everyone knows SOMETHING.

 

More than ignorance, the bigger problem is the illusion of knowledge, which can mislead a person.

No candle loses its light while lighting up another candle.

One of the biggest problem of the world is that the stupid ones are damn sure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

One of the chief objects of education should be to widen the windows through which we view the world.

People want to know how much you care before they care how much you know.

Regardless of the outcome, terrifying situation can be learning experience that prepare us for the future.

Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.

Some people drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.

Study as if you were to live forever, live as if you were to die tomorrow.

– Mahatma Gandhi

The first step towards knowledge is awareness of areas of ignorance. A person who thinks he knows everything has the most to learn.

Those who do not read are no better off than those who can not.

– Chinese Proverb

Those who think they know it all are very annoying to those who do.

To know to read is not as important as to know what to read.

To teach is to learn twice.

We are learning, only if we have more questions than answers.

We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.                      – Vernon Howard

We can control other people by knowing something that they don’t.

We talk what we already know but we learn what we listen.

When you stop learning, you stop growing.

 

Zen Story

In a famous Zen story, a university professor who wished to know all about Zen visited Nan In, master. Nan In served the professor some time. He poured the cup full and then continued to pour. The professor watched the over flow until he could restrain himself no longer. He said, “Stop it. No more will go in.” “Like this cup,” said the Zen master, “you are full of your own ideas and notions. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?”

Moral of the story :

When you know that you do not know then only you will know what you want to know.

 

Animals’ School

Some animals in a forest decided to start a school. The students included a bird, a squirrel, a fish, a dog, a rabbit and a mentally retarded eel. A board was formed and it was decided that flying, tree climbing, swimming, and burrowing would be part of the curriculum in order to give a broad based education. All animals were required to take all subjects. The bird was excellent at flying but when it came to burrowing, it kept breaking, it kept breaking its beak and wings and started failing. Pretty soon, it started making Cs in flying and of course in tree climbing and swimming it was getting Fs. The squirrel was great at tree climbing and was getting As, but was failing in swimming. The fish was the best swimming. The fish was the best swimmer but couldn’t get out of the water and got Fs in everything else. The dog didn’t join the school, stopped paying taxes and kept fighting with the administration to include barking as part of the curriculum. The rabbit got As in burrowing but tree climbing was a real problem. It kept falling and landing on its head, suffered brain damage, and soon couldn’t even burrow property and got Cs in that too. The mentally retarded eel, which did everything half as well, became the valedictorian of the class. The board was happy because everybody was getting a broad-based education.

 

Moral of the story :

It is wise to be a master of one than jack of all.

 

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on an airplane that was leaving Chicago O’Hare. The stranger turned to her and said, “Let’s talk. I’ve heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger. ”

The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, “What would you like to talk about?”

Oh, I don’t know”, said the stranger, “How about nuclear power? ”

“OK”, she said. “That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat grass, the same stuff. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?”

The stranger thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”

The little girl then asks, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don’t know shit?”