Quotes by Learning The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do. Alfie Kohn learning teaching teacher Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted. Alfred Adler learning fear motivational Computer Science is a science of abstraction -creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it. Alfred Aho creating learning technique Wearing all that weight Of learning lightly like a flower. Alfred Lord Tennyson learning flower weight In order to acquire learning, we must first shake ourselves free of it. Alfred North Whitehead learning order firsts It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. Alfred North Whitehead learning mind science Learning preserves the errors of the past as well as its wisdom. Alfred North Whitehead learning errors past By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and in effect increases the mental power of the race. Alfred North Whitehead learning race brain There is a technique, a knack, for thinking, just as there is for doing other things. You are not wholly at the mercy of your thoughts, any more than they are you. They are a machine you can learn to operate. Alfred North Whitehead learning technique thinking We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation, if parents would respect them and take them seriously as people. Alice Miller growing-up learning children Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn. Alice Miller learning education children A creative idea will be defined simply as one that is both novel and useful or influential in a particular social setting. Alice Weaver Flaherty learning creative ideas A dancer should learn from all the arts. Go to museums and look at the paintings. See how they balance things. Everything you do in the arts enriches you. Alicia Alonso learning dance art Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it. Allan Bloom cynical learning political [At high school in Cape Town] my interests outside my academic work were debating, tennis, and to a lesser extent, acting. I became intensely interested in astronomy and devoured the popular works of astronomers such as Sir Arthur Eddington and Sir James Jeans, from which I learnt that a knowledge of mathematics and physics was essential to the pursuit of astronomy. This increased my fondness for those subjects. Allan McLeod Cormack learning knowledge school Our heads are round so thought can change direction Allen Ginsberg learning rounds science I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning. Alton Brown doing-me harder learning All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial. Alva Myrdal nuclear learning weapons As we become more mature we will learn to master the interplay between the past and the present and not be so self-conscious of our rejection or acceptance of tradition. We will not make the mistake that both rigid modernists and conservatives make, of confusing the quality of form with the specific forms themselves. Alvin Lustig learning acceptance mistake Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.” - Chinese proverb Alvin Toffler chinese learning education «1234567891011»
