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Thinking and spoken discourse are the same thing, except that what we call thinking is, precisely, the inward dialogue carried on by the mind with itself without spoken sound.

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Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge being possessed, it comes to the same thing. Some study with a natural ease, some from a desire for advantages, and some by strenuous effort. But the achievement being made, it comes to the same thing.

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People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.

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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

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A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own.

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Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art.

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Certainly the prolonged education indispensable to the progress of society is not natural to mankind.

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Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.

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The ancestor of every action is a thought.

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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?

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I praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, audacious without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange with-out heresy.

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Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches.

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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.

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He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

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In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.

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Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

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It is always in season for old men to learn.

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Excellence is the new forever.

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In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.

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