I Was Learning Quotes
Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible.
The real generosity is when a man does something generous when nobody knows about it.
...action is in fact knowledge in operation. Right action stems from right knowledge. Right knowledge is acquired through the teacher.
Why did I do such-and-such a thing?' is all very well. But what about 'How otherwise could I have done it?
All approaches to a study or an individual may start with a desire for attention. However they start, they must never end up in this manner.
You have come a long way, and you do not know it. You have a long way to do, and you do know what that means.
They say: 'Seek wisdom while you have the strength, or you may lose the strength without gaining wisdom.
The person that you feel yourself to be, according to the Sufis, is a false person, which has no true reality.
He who knows himself, knows his Lord' means, among other things, that self-deception prevents knowledge.
It has truly been said that 'Humility is not so much a virtue as a necessity, in order to learn.
Words have to die if humans are to live.
Study institutions may become visible when the head is more emptied of imaginings.
What you learn from others you can use to follow.What you learn for yourself you can use to lead.
Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction.
To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon.
If you seek a teacher, try to become a real student. If you want to be a student, try to find a real teacher.
If you cannot laugh frequently and genuinely, you have no soul.
Assume that you are part-hypocrite and part heedless, and you will not be far wrong.
There is no wisdom where there is no common sense: it cannot under those conditions find any expression.
You have come a long way, and you do not know it. You have a long way to go, and you do know what that means.
It is possible to become world-class, enter the top 5% of performers in the world, in almost any subject within 6-12 months, or even 6-12 weeks.
A good teacher does not teach all that he knows. He teaches all that the learners need to know at the time, and all that the learners can accountably learn in the time given.
Training often gives people solutions to problems already solved. Collaboration addresses challenges no one has overcome before.
Social tools leave a digital audit trail, documenting our learning journey—often an unfolding story—and leaving a path for others to follow.
When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read, " we postpone "reading to learn" - learning itself - by years.
worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing).
Remember, whenever you have two things, two alternatives, choose the new one, choose the harder, choose the one in which more awareness will be needed.
Watch. Whenever mind says something, see that it is again putting you into a routine. Try to do something new and the mind will have less a grip on you.
This is what it means to be mindful. To watch the thoughts as they come and go without judgment while completely accepting what arises in the present moment.
You are the space in which these thoughts arise, but not the thoughts themselves.
For many of us, especially being so fortunate to live in a first-world country, the vast majority of pain we experience is due to the seriousness with which we identify with our thoughts.
There is love in everything, and when we really live and view life with an open heart (and live in our truth), the light illuminates the way.
There is a light that shines in the darkness, which is only visible there.
The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance.
Grieving the loss of a loved one—whether human or animal—is not only permissible, it is essential.
Live your life in the NOW. Right NOW, THIS minute, THIS second.
The reason why we are all different is to allow us to
When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.
You are never as good as you think you are, and you are never as bad as you believe yourself to be.
There is no higher calling than service to your fellow man, and to do so through your own personal mastery of a craft is a gift enjoyed by few. Cultivate this gift, and give it away.
Your potential for growth is directly proportionate to the degree to which you are willing to make mistakes.
Do not get caught pursuing the goals of who you used to be instead of who you are.
The more specifically you define your goals the more attainable they become.
Constantly re-evaluating your purpose is the best way to ensure that you are pursuing the goals of who you are and not who you used to be.
Neither imagine that you are false, nor lash yourself, for both may be forms of self-indulgence.
Let's live our lives with great meaning and purpose in the attempt to influence the world to whatever degree our circumstance allows.
The inner encounters I have with animals—and will be teaching you to have— are exchanges of meaning.
