Bryant McGill Quotes on Learning

13 quotes

  1. Curiosity: 'Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.'

  2. Reading: 'I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.'

  3. Opinions: 'Try not to let your prejudices stand in the way of learning. What seems one way to one person seems very different to another. What would be correct and good in one instance can be wrong under other circumstances. Therefore, I consider the opinions of others as I do the words from a friend's conversation; to be considered alongside my own and carefully weighed and thought about.'

  4. Learning: 'A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.'

  5. Intelligence: 'An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.'

  6. Education: 'Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past.'

  7. Knowledge: 'Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.'

  8. Education: 'One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.'

  9. Education: 'Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.'

  10. Education: 'The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.'

  11. Education: 'True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living.'

  12. Education: 'Those who have actually lived them, best teach the lessons of life. Everyone should have role models. It is wise to seek friendship with those people who have achieved your own aspirations, and to work hard to learn from them, and even harder to give to them. Who could tell you more about the world than someone who has lived in it, and who could tell you more about the times than those who have traversed them?'

  13. Patience: 'The more a person knows the more they realize they don't know. To seek knowledge is healthy, but rather than making a personal investment in a proposition, make your investment in patience, time and tolerance. For nothing is more forbearing, charitable or fickle with knowledge than time.'

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