#learnin

The greatest wisdom consists in knowing one's own follies. ↗

— Madeleine De Souvre Sable

#learning #wisdom #humility

Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. ↗

— Flora Lewis

#another #another way #different #language #learning

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here. ↗

— Yao Ming

#america #basketball #culture #difficult #foreign

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day. ↗

— Dannii Minogue

#because #coach #could #day #doing

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it. ↗

— Helen Mirren

#how #learning #life #trick

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty. ↗

— Pablo Neruda

#book #books #comes #deep #easy

Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit. ↗

— William Pollard

#benefit #burden #decision #decision making #format

A stumble may prevent a fall. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#insight #learning #life #patience #attitude

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country. ↗

— Hu Shih

#began #chinese #chinese people #contacts #country

I don’t think people realise how vital libraries are or what a colossal danger it would be if we were to lose any more. Having had a truncated school life myself, all of my education from the age of 17 has been self-taught. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me. ↗

— Alan Moore

#information #learning #libraries #save-libraries #self-taught