Education is not about getting knowledge
Nobody can hand you an education. Maria Popova says you have to claim it, and here’s what that looks like…
Learning Quotes
Deep practice is not measured
Daniel Coyle argues that effective practice isn’t measured by the amount of time you spend, but by how deliberately you…
Study hard what interests you
In the late 1940s, Richard Feynman was so burned out on physics that he decided to only study it for…
All life is an experiment
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “All life is an experiment” encourages action over overplanning. Trying more things, accepting failure, and tracking attempts…
I have no special talents
Einstein’s line about having no special talent, just curiosity, is really about a habit anyone can build. He went from…
There are two types of people
Morgan Housel’s quote contrasts curiosity with the impulse to defend existing beliefs. Charles Darwin recorded evidence against his theories, while…
I keep six honest serving-men
Rudyard Kipling’s six honest serving-men, what, why, when, how, where and who, come from his story The Elephant’s Child. Together…
He who asks is a fool
An old Chinese proverb on why asking a question beats staying quiet, every time. 5 minutes of looking silly beats…
Curiosity will get you through
Jim Harrison spent a lifetime figuring out how to survive hard times, starting with the year he lost the sight…
The mind is like a parachute
A doctor swallowed bacteria to prove a point nobody would believe. Frank Zappa’s line about an open mind means the…